Ask the Rabbi
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- General Questions
Question
Where does it say in the Torah that we must read Parshat Parah.
Answer
The Beit Yosef writes of a Tosfot that writes that the Torah says to read Parashat Para, but the Achronim write that in the versions we have that Tosfot does not appear. Hence, we do not know what Tosfot's reason was.
Rabbi Ro'i Margalit
Purim and descendants of Jews who are non-Jews
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Adar II 19, 5774
Purim Seuda
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Adar II 22, 5776
Esther
Rabbi Gideon Weitzman | Iyyar 27, 5769
