Ask the Rabbi
- Shabbat and Holidays
- Purim and The Month of Adar
- Halachot of Purim
Question
This year Shushan Purim falls on Shabbat, what are the Halachot of such a Purim?
Answer
The Halachot of Purim Meshulash in Jerusalem are as followes:
On Friday one reads the Megilah and gives Matanot Laevyonim.
On Shabbat one reads the Torah portion of Purim for Maftir and says in the davening Al Hanissim.
On Sunday one sends Mishloach Manot and sits down to a merry Purim Seuda.
Happy Purim
Rabbi Shmuel Holshtein
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