avot bedieved bediavad Book of Esther bracha brocho chazan chofetz chaim mishna brura Code of Jewish Law d'var Tora daily halacha dvar torah esther mordechai achashverosh haman festival of Purim hakham ya'aqob menashe halacha for today halakha haman Hilchos Adar and Purim Hilchot Megilla iggeres iggeret Insights into Torah interrupt for the shema yisrael halel hallel or megillah ish yehudi kaf hachaim kaf hachayim hachaim kaf hahayim kasher megillah ki mordechai hayehudi kosher megilla kosher purim kosher scroll lashon hakodesh layehudim hayta orah vesimcha lifnim mishuras hadimishurat hadin magen avrohom maharil of prague maran mechaber with rema meghila meghilla meghilah meghillah meghilla meghillah megila megila megilla megilah megillah Megilah megilla megillah Megillat Esther mishloah manot on purim itself orach chaim parshah Pirsum Hanes pureem purim purim laws and customs rabbanit rabbanith rabbi menashe great neck rabbi ya'aqob menashe rachel imenu immenu rav mordechai eliyahu read with the koreh read with the shaliach tzibur chazan reading the meghillah reading the megila megilah megilla megillah reading the megilla megilah megila Rebbetzin rebbetzin ruth menashe scroll shaliach tzibur shema shlach manos shukhan arukh Shulchan 'Aruch shulchan aruch shulchan aruch mechaber with rema Shulchan Arukh Shulhan 'Aruch shulhan shulchan aruch shulkhan arukh sights into Torah the magen avraham the mishna brura The Scroll of Esther torah torah for women Torah Gems Torah portion Torah thought umordechai yatza Weekly Torah Commentary women should have a kosher mehilah women's torah yosef hatzadik שולחן ערוך‎

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If One Speaks During the Reading of the Meghillah (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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Who Should Use a Kosher Meghillah? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
Even though we say that young children should be brought to hear the Meghillah being read, very small children...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012/Adar 5, 5772
Children Should Hear the Meghillah (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
It is a fine custom to bring small children to hear the reading of the Meghillah on Purim. This is in order to...
Monday, February 27, 2012/Adar 4, 5772
Why the Four Verses in the Meghillah Must be Repeated (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
If someone is holding a non-kosher Meghillah (this includes printed ones), he should not read along with the...
Sunday, February 26, 2012/Adar 3, 5772
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
Who should open the Meghillah like a letter? (Rabbi Ya'aqob Menashe)
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Does shipping Mishlowah Manoth before Purim qualify if it arrives on Purim (Rabbi Ya'aqob menashe)
We know that on Purim we have to send Mishlowah Manoth (gifts of food) on the day of Purim itself. There is an...
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