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# One should not talk during the megilla reading.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 692:2</ref> | # One should not talk during the megilla reading.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 692:2</ref> | ||
==Time of | ==Time of Reading Megillah== | ||
# There’s a mitzvah to read the [[Megillah]] once at night and once during the day. <Ref>[[Megillah]] 4a, Rambam ([[Megillah]] 1:3), | # There’s a mitzvah to read the [[Megillah]] once at night and once during the day.<Ref>[[Megillah]] 4a, Rambam ([[Megillah]] 1:3), Shulchan Aruch O.C. 687:1 </ref> | ||
# The time for reading the [[Megillah]] at night is from [[Tzet HaKochavim]] until Olat HaShachar. <Ref> | # The time for reading the [[Megillah]] at night is from [[Tzet HaKochavim]] until Olat HaShachar.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 687:1 says that the night reading applies all night, Mishna Brurah 687:1,3 explains that this means that one should read it between [[Tzet HaKochavim]] and Olat HaShachar. This is also the opinion of Chazon Ovadyah (pg 47), Chayei Adam 195:5 </ref> One should not read the nighttime megillah during Ben Hashemashot except in extenuating circumstances.<ref>Mishna Brurah 692:14 citing the Pri Megadim. Kaf HaChayim on Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 687:4:1 writes that one shouldn't read it until tzet but under extenuating circumstances in [https://www.sefaria.org/Kaf_HaChayim_on_Shulchan_Arukh%2C_Orach_Chayim.692.32.1?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en 692:32:1] he quotes many including the Meiri who allow reading the megillah during ben hashemashot.</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> | # 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>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 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 Brurah 692:10,15 </ref> | # From nightfall until one reads the megilla he should not do any work or take a nap. <ref> Mishna Brurah 692:10,15 </ref> | ||
