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
Spliting the Megillah reading
Various Rabbis | Adar I 15, 5768
to listen to the doctor
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Adar II 29, 5779
Reading Megillah for others when advised by doctor not to
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Adar II 26, 5779
