Ten Purim Facts

1)Although there are 5 Megilos, Chazal

(Bavli & Yerushalmi) refer to, only 

Megillas Esther as a Megillah.

They never refer to the other 4 as a Megillah.

2)There is a Machlokes if banging at Haman,

is for children only (Maharil)

or for adults as well (Chacham Tzvi)

3)Minhag Lita is to bang only where Haman and

his father are mentioned.(Haman ben Hamdasa)

4)According to Kabbalah you should bang, only

with your feet.

5)According to the Targum Sheini, The 50 Amos

pole,they hung Haman on,  came from Noach's Teivah.

6)The name of the horse Mordechai rode on,

was שפרגז  "spare gas" (Targum Sheini)

7)The Mateh Moishe writes the reason Chazal

said Chayav -L'Besuma because drunk

people are loose with their money and will

give more to the poor

8)According to the Tur  a Chosson should not

attend Shul for Megillah. He should have ten

people come to the house to Lein Megillah. 

9)The Seder Hadoros writes, When R. Yehudah

Halevi wrote the Piyut "Adon Chasdecha" **

the Ibn Ezra added a Stanza at the letter Reish.

R.Y.Halevi was so impressed, he gave

him his daughter for marriage.

Hence two stanzas for the letter Reish.

10)The Shu"t Dvar Shmuel (193) criticizes strongly

the printers of Meseches Purim***. He claims

it is Chilul Hatorah to imitate the Gemoro and

turn it into a song and comedy. 

**Sefardim say it on Parshas Zachor

*** written 700 years ago and printed

 in the year 1513