articles on The Laws of Purim
When Adar Enters
"when Adar enters joy and happiness enter with it." Note that it does not say that when Adar arrives we will be joyous and happy
The Miracle of Shabat, Purim & Yerushalaim
Purim is as we all know a hidden miracle.
A Torah Life in Eretz Yisrael - Obliterating Amalek
How to wipe out Amalek?
The "Sacred Bear" of Purim
There is an unusual commandment on Purim.
Lessons on The Laws of Purim
Q&A: Drinking Wine
I wanted to ask, what should I do on Purim since I don’t really like wine?
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu | Adar II 13 5782
Listening to the Megilla with Limited Concentration
It troubles me that I often daydream and/or doze off for a few words during Megilla reading. Do I fulfill the mitzva under those circumstances?
Rabbi Daniel Mann | Adar II 5 5782
5. Purim Ha-meshulash
Chapter 17: Walled and Unwalled Cities
When the fifteenth falls out on Shabbat, Purim in that year is called Purim Ha-meshulash (“Triple Purim”), because its mitzvot are divided over three days.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Adar I 8 5782
4. Traveling between Walled and Unwalled Cities
Chapter 17: Walled and Unwalled Cities
Since Purim is celebrated in unwalled cities on the fourteenth and in walled cities on the fifteenth, many questions arise regarding one who travels from an unwalled city to Jerusalem, or vice versa.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Adar I 9 5782
3. Uncertain Places
Chapter 17: Walled and Unwalled Cities
Most uncertain places today rely on the lenient opinion and celebrate Purim exclusively on the fourteenth. Only in places where the likelihood that it was truly a walled city is greater, like in Tiberias and Hebron, do many people customarily read the Megilla on the fifteenth as well.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Adar I 8 5782
2. Jerusalem and Its Environs
Chapter 17: Walled and Unwalled Cities
The Sages said: “A walled city and all that adjoins it and all that is visible with it are reckoned as a walled city” Therefore, not only do the residents of the Old City of Jerusalem celebrate Purim on the fifteenth of Adar, but so do the residents of all the neighborhoods adjacent to the Old City.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Adar I 8 5782
