Tuesday, March 06, 2012

KOL HASHONEH HALACHOT BECHOL YOM MUVTACH LO SHEHOO BEN HAOLAM HABA


For the Ilui Neshama of Avraham ben Ester ZT’L. Lehavdeel For the Refua Shlema of Chai Yaakov ben Margalit shlit’a.
Taken directly from Rav Ovadya’s Halacha Yomit (Halachayomit.co.il):

1. Every person in the Jewish nation is obligated to read the Megillah on the day of Purim. One must read it during the night and consequently read it again the next day, as the verse states, “My G-d, I call out to you during the day and you do not answer; during the night I have no rest.” This verse is written in the chapter of Tehillim (Psalms) called “Lamnatze’ach al Ayelet HaShachar” and the Gemara in Yoma (29a) refers to Queen Esther as the “Ayelet HaShachar”. Therefore, we learn out laws from this chapter regarding the Megillah which was co-authored by Mordechai the Righteous and Queen Esther since they were the ones to institute the reading of the Megillah on the day of Purim.

2. However, since not everyone is an expert in Megillah reading along with the fact that not everyone owns a kosher Megillah written on parchment, we customarily fulfill our obligation of Megillah reading through the law of “one who hears is like one who recites”. This means that one who hears another reading from a kosher Megillah fulfills his obligation and it is as though he has read the Megillah himself. Therefore, when the Chazzan reads from a kosher Megillah while having in mind to read on behalf of the congregation and the congregation has in mind to fulfill their own obligation as well, it is considered as if they have actually read the Megillah on their own. 


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