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There is a mitzvah of Mishloach Manot to give a gift of two foods to another Jew on [[Purim]]. <ref> The obligation of Mishloach Manot is explicit in Megillat Ester 9:22 and S”A 695:4. Chazon Ovadyah ([[Purim]] pg 142) writes that it’s obvious one doesn’t fulfill one’s obligation by sending to a non-Jew as he is not included in Reyeyhu. </ref> | There is a mitzvah of Mishloach Manot to give a gift of two foods to another Jew on [[Purim]]. <ref> The obligation of Mishloach Manot is explicit in Megillat Ester 9:22 and S”A 695:4. Chazon Ovadyah ([[Purim]] pg 142) writes that it’s obvious one doesn’t fulfill one’s obligation by sending to a non-Jew as he is not included in Reyeyhu. </ref> | ||
==What is the primary purpose of Mishloach Manot?== | ==What is the primary purpose of Mishloach Manot?== | ||
# Some say that the primary purpose is to increase friendship amongst Klal Yisrael, | # Some say that the primary purpose is to increase friendship amongst Klal Yisrael, and some say that it is to ensure that every Jew has food for Seudat Purim. <ref> The first reason is found in the Manot HaLevi (Ester 9:20) and the second in Trumat HaDeshen 111 </ref> | ||
and some say that it is to ensure that every Jew has food for Seudat Purim. <ref> The first reason is found in the Manot HaLevi (Ester 9:20) and the second in Trumat HaDeshen 111 </ref> | |||
==How many Mishloach Manot should one give?== | ==How many Mishloach Manot should one give?== | ||
# There’s an obligation to send one gift called Mishloach Manot, consisting of two foods, to one person on [[Purim]]. <Ref> Gemara Megilah 7a, Rambam (Megilah 2:15), Tur and S”A 695:4. While the Ben Ish Chai Parashat Tetzaveh 16 says not to put the different foods into one bowl since it may be that this combines them into one kind, Halachot Shlomo 2:19 as well as Teshuvot vihanhagot 2:346 disagree. </ref> | # There’s an obligation to send one gift called Mishloach Manot, consisting of two foods, to one person on [[Purim]]. <Ref> Gemara Megilah 7a, Rambam (Megilah 2:15), Tur and S”A 695:4. While the Ben Ish Chai Parashat Tetzaveh 16 says not to put the different foods into one bowl since it may be that this combines them into one kind, Halachot Shlomo 2:19 as well as Teshuvot vihanhagot 2:346 disagree. </ref> | ||
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# Two food with two different tastes is considered two different foods. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo 19:12 </ref> | # Two food with two different tastes is considered two different foods. <Ref>Halichot Shlomo 19:12 </ref> | ||
# After fulfilling Mishloach Manot according to the halacha, one may give more even if they don’t fulfill all the stringencies of Mishlaoch Manot. <ref> Chazon Ovadyah (pg 133) writes that after one gave one Mishloach Manot, one may send more even if they don’t fulfill the strict laws of Mishloach Manot (unlike the Torat Avigdor who holds that all of the Mishloach Manot have to be according to the halacha). This seems to be supported by the Mishna Brurah 695:22. </ref> | # After fulfilling Mishloach Manot according to the halacha, one may give more even if they don’t fulfill all the stringencies of Mishlaoch Manot. <ref> Chazon Ovadyah (pg 133) writes that after one gave one Mishloach Manot, one may send more even if they don’t fulfill the strict laws of Mishloach Manot (unlike the Torat Avigdor who holds that all of the Mishloach Manot have to be according to the halacha). This seems to be supported by the Mishna Brurah 695:22. </ref> | ||
# Some say that it is considered two separate foods if they are placed in one container.<ref>Torah Lishma 189 writes that the different foods in a container combine into one unit based on the principle of Egged Kli (Gemara Shabbat 91b) and therefore it doesn't count as mishloach manot. Teshuvot Vehanhagot 2:346 argues that Egged Kli is only relevant to Hotzah on Shabbat.</ref> | |||
==What type of foods?== | ==What type of foods?== | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/56811 Yalkut Yosef Hilchot Purim (Hebrew 5773)] | |||
* [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/742644/rabbi-aryeh-lebowitz/ten-minute-halacha-mishloach-manos/ Ten Minute Halacha - Mishloach Manos] by Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz | * [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/742644/rabbi-aryeh-lebowitz/ten-minute-halacha-mishloach-manos/ Ten Minute Halacha - Mishloach Manos] by Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz | ||
* [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/757053/rabbi-daniel-z-feldman/the-halachos-of-mishloach-manos/ The Halachos of Mishloach Manos] by Rabbi Daniel Feldman | * [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/757053/rabbi-daniel-z-feldman/the-halachos-of-mishloach-manos/ The Halachos of Mishloach Manos] by Rabbi Daniel Feldman | ||
