KOL HASHONEH HALACHOT BECHOL YOM MUVTACH LO SHEH'HOO BEN HA'OLAM HABA

1. Since at the time of Kriyat HaMegillah it is the beginning of Adar Yud Dalet (Adar 14, Purim, March 20th) and the Ta'anit (Ester is follicially over, you would think after the Amida you can break the fast. But, we CANNOT eat after the Amida of Arvit's Lel Purim and before the Kriyat HaMegillah, so too with Kriyat HaMegillah on Yom Purim (morning reading-that we cannot eat before the Kriyah). One is also not allowed to sleep or even nap during this time. Whoever is even a little sick or is having a hard time fasting, can taste a small portion of food and drink. Whoever got permission from a Rabbi not to fast and still fasts, can eat a "nice amount" at the time of Kriyat HaMegillah during Arvit if tasting a little food doesn't satisfy him. This person should tell someone to "read for him" to have the intention that he is fulfilling his obligation to read, and this also applies to a person who is weak [and not sick] from fasting and cannot go to shul to listen. 


2. We stated earlier that the Bracha of Shehecheyanu on the night of Purim's Kriyat HaMegillah is intended also for the Mitzvot of Mishloach Manot and Seudat Purim. One is allowed to say birkat Shehecheyanu only on a Kosher Megillah (on cow hide, black ink, animal veins threading the cow hide peices together, etc.), so one would think since he doesn't have a Kosher Megillah, he cannot say Birkat Shehecheyanu, so he should say it on Mishloach Manot or during the Sedua instead, but we learn that we cannot. We can only say Birkat Shehecheyanu on the Megillah where we have the intention to fulfill saying the Bracha on Mishloach Manot and Seudat Purim.


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