Reading of the Megillah
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Obligation
- One is obligated to read the megilla at night and during the day on Purim. [1]
Night Time Reading
- The megilla can be read all night until alot hashachar.[2]
- If one misses the reading at night, he cannot make it up during the day.[3]
Day Time Reading
- The megilla can be read any time during the day from sunrise to sunset. [4] If one read it after alot hashachar but before sunrise, he nevertheless fulfilled his obligation[5]
Women
- Women are also obligated to hear the megilla. [6]
- A man who already heard the megilla in shul can still read it for his wife.[7] He should recite all of the berachot before.[8]
Children
- Children should be trained to hear the megilla.[9]
Sources
- ↑ Megilla 4a, Shulchan Aruch 687:1, Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 47
- ↑ Shulchan Aruch 687:1, Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 47
- ↑ Shulchan Aruch 687:1, Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 48
- ↑ Shulchan Aruch 687:1, Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 48
- ↑ Shulchan Aruch 687:1, Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 48
- ↑ Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 50
- ↑ Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 51-52
- ↑ Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 53
- ↑ Chazon Ovadia Purim pg. 55
