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Torah and rejoicing during the Purim meal (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
When having the Se'uddath Purim (festive meal), one should invite one's family and friends to the Se'uddah,...
Sunday, March 20, 2011/Adar B 14, 5771
Purim meal at night and during the day (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
We fulfill our obligation of Se'uddath Purim (the festive Purim meal) with one meal and do not follow the opinion...
Friday, March 18, 2011/Adar B 12, 5771
When one should not drink much on Purim (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
It is goes without saying that if drinking wine and getting inebriated is harmful to one's health, one is not...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011/Adar B 10, 5771
There is some of Queen Esther in all of us (Rabbanith Ruth Menashe)
Esther is a figure who represents two different entities. She is the queen, married to the king who rules over a...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011/Adar B 10, 5771
Cookies and candies don't count as Mishlowah Manoth (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
Everyone is obligated to send Mishlowah Manoth (gifts of at least two food portions) to at least one friend on the...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011/Adar B 9, 5771
Hearing the Meghillah on the radio, or missing a few words (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
Everybody is obligated to hear the reading of the Meghillah. Women are obligated because they were also part of...
Monday, March 14, 2011/Adar B 8, 5771
Reading the Meghillah in a foreign language (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) If someone who does not speak Hebrew hears the Meghilla read in Hebrew, from a Kosher scroll written in Hebrew, he...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010/Adar 9, 5770
Daughters of the King, every one of us. (Rabbanith Ruth Menashe) As Purim draws near, the image of the heroine of the Purim Story, Esther the queen, is what comes to mind and stands...
Thursday, February 18, 2010/Adar 4, 5770
Haman and the sea (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) Our Rabbis of blessed memory tell us that Haman, vis-a-vis the Jewish people, is likened to a bird who built its nest...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010/Adar 3, 5770
Who should open the Meghillah like a letter? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) The custom is for the Hazzan to spread out the entire Meghilla like a letter, in order to make the miracle known....
Monday, February 15, 2010/Adar 1, 5770
When must the Meghilla be read? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) Everyone is obligated to hear the Meghilla twice on Purim, once at night and once during the day. Contrary to what...
Sunday, February 14, 2010/Shebat 30, 5770
Why there is no confession or supplication on the 9th of Ab (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) Normally, on a fast day, we say Widdui (confession) and Tehinna (supplications). On Tish'ah BeAb (the 9th of Ab),...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009/Ab 7, 5769
What if you forgot to say Sheheheyanu before the Meghillah (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) When we come to read the Meghillah on the night of Purim, we have to say three Berakhoth. We say the Berakha of...
Wednesday, March 4, 2009/Adar 8, 5769
Who must hear the Meghillah, and when? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe) Everybody is obligated in the Miswah of Meghillah, both men and women. I would like to add that there is a common...
Sunday, March 1, 2009/Adar 5, 5769

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