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===The Brachot=== | ===The Brachot=== | ||
# The chazan who reads the megilla at night recites three berachot before reading the Megillah and one beracha after completing the reading of the megilla. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 692:1 </ref> During the day some poskim say to skip shehecheyanu while some say to repeat it during the day also and therefore say three berachot again. <ref> S"A 692:1 says that shehecheyanu is not repeated. However, the Rama there disagrees and says that it is recited during the days as well.</ref> One should have in mind to cover the other mitzvot of Purim with this shehecheyanu. <ref> Mishna | # The chazan who reads the megilla at night recites three berachot before reading the Megillah and one beracha after completing the reading of the megilla. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 692:1 </ref> During the day some poskim say to skip shehecheyanu while some say to repeat it during the day also and therefore say three berachot again. <ref> S"A 692:1 says that shehecheyanu is not repeated. However, the Rama there disagrees and says that it is recited during the days as well.</ref> One should have in mind to cover the other mitzvot of Purim with this shehecheyanu. <ref> Mishna Brurah 692:1, Baer Heitev 692:1, Magen Avraham 692:1 </ref> | ||
# The minhag is that women do make a bracha if they are reading the Megillah or the one reading it for women does make a bracha. <ref> Sh"t Yabia Omer O"C 1:40, Sh"t Minchat Yitzchak 3:54 </ref> | # The minhag is that women do make a bracha if they are reading the Megillah or the one reading it for women does make a bracha. <ref> Sh"t Yabia Omer O"C 1:40, Sh"t Minchat Yitzchak 3:54 </ref> | ||
# The minhag is to roll up the Megillah back into a scroll before reciting the bracha of "Harav Et Riveinu...." <ref> Shulchan Aruch 690:17. Mishna | # The minhag is to roll up the Megillah back into a scroll before reciting the bracha of "Harav Et Riveinu...." <ref> Shulchan Aruch 690:17. Mishna Brurah 690:57 explains that this is because it is disrespectful to leave the megilla open. </ref> Some are lenient for a private reading <ref> Yalkut Yoseph volume 7 page 296 </ref> | ||
===Sitting or Standing=== | ===Sitting or Standing=== | ||
# The reader of the megilla for the congregation should stand during the reading of the Megilla <ref> S"A 690:1, Beit Yosef 690 in the name of the Ran</ref> and the congregants may sit during the reading. <ref> S"A 690:1, Ben Ish Chai (Year 1 Parashat Titzaveh 4) </ref> However, the congregation should stand for the berachot before and after the Megillah. <ref> Mishna | # The reader of the megilla for the congregation should stand during the reading of the Megilla <ref> S"A 690:1, Beit Yosef 690 in the name of the Ran</ref> and the congregants may sit during the reading. <ref> S"A 690:1, Ben Ish Chai (Year 1 Parashat Titzaveh 4) </ref> However, the congregation should stand for the berachot before and after the Megillah. <ref> Mishna Brurah 690:1, Machatzit Hashekel 690:1, Ben Ish Chai (Parashat Titzaveh 4), Kaf Hachaim 690:2. See Shevet Hakehati 1:212. </ref> | ||
===Hearing it in a congregation=== | ===Hearing it in a congregation=== | ||
# One should try to find a minyan of ten men to read the megillah. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 690:18, Bach 691 </ref> If this is not possible, one should read the Megillah by himself <ref> Shulchan Aruch 690:18, Mishna | # One should try to find a minyan of ten men to read the megillah. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 690:18, Bach 691 </ref> If this is not possible, one should read the Megillah by himself <ref> Shulchan Aruch 690:18, Mishna Brurah 689:15, Shaar Hatzion 690:64 </ref> | ||
# Some have the pious practice to read from a kosher megillah along with the baal koreh. <ref>Rav Schachter (Nefesh HaRav pg 227) writes that Rav Soloveitchik's minhag was to read the megillah to himself from a kosher megillah along with the baal koreh in order to fulfill the mitzvah himself instead of through a messenger. Rav Schachter explains this concept in BeIkvei HaTzoan pg 25. </ref> | # Some have the pious practice to read from a kosher megillah along with the baal koreh. <ref>Rav Schachter (Nefesh HaRav pg 227) writes that Rav Soloveitchik's minhag was to read the megillah to himself from a kosher megillah along with the baal koreh in order to fulfill the mitzvah himself instead of through a messenger. Rav Schachter explains this concept in BeIkvei HaTzoan pg 25. </ref> | ||
# One should not hear the reading of the megilla over a microphone <ref> Daat Torah 689, Sh"t Minchat Yitzchak 1:37 and 3:54 </ref> | # One should not hear the reading of the megilla over a microphone <ref> Daat Torah 689, Sh"t Minchat Yitzchak 1:37 and 3:54 </ref> | ||
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# The time for reading the megillah during the day is from [[HaNetz HaChama]] until [[Shekiah]]. However if one read it from [[Olot HaShachar]] one has fulfilled the mitzvah. If one didn’t read it until [[Shekiah]], one should read it until [[Tzet HaKochavim]] without a Bracha. <Ref>S”A 687:1 writes that the reading of the day applies all day from HaNetz but after the fact one fulfilled the mitzvah if one read it after [[Olot HaShachar]]. Mishna Brurah 687:4,5 explains that the ending time is [[Shekiah]] and after the fact one should read it without a Bracha until [[Tzet HaKochavim]]. </ref> | # The time for reading the megillah during the day is from [[HaNetz HaChama]] until [[Shekiah]]. However if one read it from [[Olot HaShachar]] one has fulfilled the mitzvah. If one didn’t read it until [[Shekiah]], one should read it until [[Tzet HaKochavim]] without a Bracha. <Ref>S”A 687:1 writes that the reading of the day applies all day from HaNetz but after the fact one fulfilled the mitzvah if one read it after [[Olot HaShachar]]. Mishna Brurah 687:4,5 explains that the ending time is [[Shekiah]] and after the fact one should read it without a Bracha until [[Tzet HaKochavim]]. </ref> | ||
# If one missed reading it at night there’s no make-up the next day. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 687:3, Chazon Ovadyah (pg 48) </ref> | # If one missed reading it at night there’s no make-up the next day. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 687:3, Chazon Ovadyah (pg 48) </ref> | ||
# From nightfall until one reads the megilla he should not do any work or take a nap. <ref> Mishna | # From nightfall until one reads the megilla he should not do any work or take a nap. <ref> Mishna Brurah 692:10,15 </ref> | ||
==If Purim Falls out on Sunday== | ==If Purim Falls out on Sunday== | ||
