490 Lessons
Pninei Halacha Some Laws Concerning the Holidays and Festivals
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Three
Honoring the Parents Must I Honor My Parents if They Tell Me Not to Live In Judea/Samaria?
What if one's parents tell him not to live in Judea/Samaria? Is living there considered an extra important mitzvah, and therefore he should ignore his parents, or is it only a "beautification" of the existing mitzvah of living in the Land of Israel?
The Laws of Purim 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.
The Laws of Purim 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.
The Laws of Purim 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.
The Laws of Purim 1. What Is a Walled City?
Chapter 17: Walled and Unwalled Cities
Most places celebrate on the fourteenth of Adar, whereas Shushan, along with cities that were surrounded by walls at the time of Yehoshua bin Nun, celebrate on the fifteenth of Adar.
The Laws of Purim 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.