Ask the Rabbi
- Shabbat and Holidays
- Halachot of Purim
- Megilla Reading
Question
Can one bring young kids to the Megillah reading?
Does each person have to have a kosher Megillah during the reading?
Answer
One should educate young children to come and listen to the Megillah reading as long as they don't bother.
It is most advisable to own a Kosher Megillah, but if not one may follow word by word in an unkosher Megillah.
Rabbi Ya'akov Ariel

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