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==Eating before Reading the Megillah== | ==Eating before Reading the Megillah== | ||
# It is forbidden to eat before reading the megillah before by night<ref>Shulchan Aruch and Rama O.C. 692:4</ref> and by day.<ref>Mishna Brurah 692:15 based on Shulchan Aruch O.C. 652:2, Kaf HaChayim on Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 692:35:1, Nitai Gavriel Purim 32:1</ref> | # It is forbidden to eat before reading the megillah before by night<ref>Shulchan Aruch and Rama O.C. 692:4. Trumat Hadeshen 109 writes that it is forbidden to eat or even have a snack before listening to the megillah at night so that a person doesn't fall asleep and forget to listen to the megillah.</ref> and by day.<ref>Mishna Brurah 692:15 based on Shulchan Aruch O.C. 652:2, Kaf HaChayim on Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 692:35:1, Nitai Gavriel Purim 32:1</ref> | ||
# It is permitted to eat a snack, foods or drinks less than a [[kebaytzeh]], before the megillah if it is hard to fast after nightfall until the megillah.<Ref>Magen Avraham 692:7, Mishna Brurah 692:14, Kaf HaChayim on Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 692:36:1, Nitai Gavriel Purim 32:2, Yalkut Yosef Purim p. 552ת Or Letzion 4:54:2</ref> | # It is permitted to eat a snack, foods or drinks less than a [[kebaytzeh]], before the megillah if it is hard to fast after nightfall until the megillah.<Ref>Magen Avraham 692:7, Mishna Brurah 692:14, Kaf HaChayim on Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 692:36:1, Nitai Gavriel Purim 32:2, Yalkut Yosef Purim p. 552ת Or Letzion 4:54:2</ref> | ||
# Someone for whom it is very hard and might become sick unless he has a meal may ask someone who remind him to read the megillah and then eat a meal.<ref>Mishna Brurah 692:16, Kaf HaChayim on Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 692:38:1, Nitai Gavriel Purim 32:3. Chatom Sofer 652:2 relies on asking someone regarding eating before shaking lulav.</ref> Sephardim hold that it is permitted to ask someone to remind him to hear the megilla and then eat a snack before the megilla.<reF>Yalkut Yosef Purim p. 552</ref> | # Someone for whom it is very hard and might become sick unless he has a meal may ask someone who remind him to read the megillah and then eat a meal.<ref>Mishna Brurah 692:16, Kaf HaChayim on Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 692:38:1, Nitai Gavriel Purim 32:3. Chatom Sofer 652:2 relies on asking someone regarding eating before shaking lulav.</ref> Sephardim hold that it is permitted to ask someone to remind him to hear the megilla and then eat a snack before the megilla.<reF>Yalkut Yosef Purim p. 552</ref> | ||
# The prohibition to eat before megilla applies equally to men and women.<ref>Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Piskei Shemuot p. 112 quoting Rav Yosef Shuv), Rabbi Mandelbaum (Blayla Hahu p. 7)</ref> | |||
# Is it permitted to drink coffee or tea before megillah? Some poskim hold that it is permitted, while others forbid it.<ref>Piskei Shemuot (Purim p. 112) quotes Rav Elyashiv as holding it is permitted to drink tea before megillah. But Rav Nissim Karelitz (Blayla Hahu p. 7) holds that it is forbidden. </ref> | |||
===Sleeping or Working=== | ===Sleeping or Working=== | ||
# It is forbidden to go to sleep or do work at night before reading the megillah.<Ref>Mishna Brurah 692:15, Kaf HaChayim on Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 692:34:1</ref> | # It is forbidden to go to sleep or do work at night before reading the megillah.<Ref>Mishna Brurah 692:15, Kaf HaChayim on Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 692:34:1</ref> | ||
