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The Chasam Sofer writes about a kabala He has from his Rebbe- Reb Mendele Lilig Zt"lwho had a Kabbala  from the Shev Yakov :

 "Anybody who learns between the readings of the  night time Megillah and the daytime Megillah is guaranteed to be a Ben Olam Haba"

Mishloach Manos according to Mori V'Rabi

  משלוח מנות           

*פסקי מורי ורבי הרב הגאון ר' שלמה מילר שליט"א


1) You are not יוצא with seltzer but you are יוצא 
with flavored soda.

2) There is no need to have two different ברכות to
be considered  2 מינים

3) Two pieces of chicken one roasted and the other
boiled etc. are considered 2 מינים

4) Two pieces of chicken, one the top and the
other the bottom is considered 1 מין

5) Mixed vegetable salad is considered as 1 מין

6) Cut up vegetables to be mixed into a salad
are considered 2 מינים

7) Sandwich (Hamburger lettuce & tomato etc.)
is considered 1 מין.

8)  Coffee & tea you can be מיקל to send (all it needs
pouring hot water)

9) Not having in mind to be (יוצא משלוח מנות (מתעסק
you are still  יוצא

10)   משלוח מנות sent and the recipient wasn't
aware until after Purim you are  יוצא

11) You may send to a non-Frum Yid who won't make
a ברכה on the food.

12) A חתן may be מיקל to send משלוח מנות   to his כלה 

13) You should try to send at least one משלוח מנות to
be חשובע food & the size of 3 eggs.

14) If  a שליח delivers before Purim since the recipient
is not allowed eat it until Purim you are יוצא

15) If all משלוח מנות received were placed in one basket,
(now שיעור חלה) it is not necessary to take Challah.

16) A שיעור חלה dough with the intention to send smaller cakes, Challas, etc. to different individuals, you still do make a ברכה. 

17) Apple sauce etc., since it requires a dish, the sender
may טובל the dish with a ברכה..

18) Candies etc. since it doesn't require a dish, the
sender may טובל but without ברכה.



*לקטתי מספר שושנת ישראל (הרה"ג ר' מרדכי יהודה הלוי קנר שליט"א)

Proven Segula

ונמצא חן ושכל טוב בעיני אלוהים ואדם How to find favor in the eyes of Hashem & man? Harav Hagaon R.Avraham Ganichovsky Zt"l (R.Y. Yeshivas Tchebin) said: The proven Segulah to become a נושא חן and find favour in the eyes of all is by being a non-demanding person. It says (Esther 2:15) לא בקשה דבר---ותהי אסתר נשאת חן בעיני כל רואיה

Riddled with Purim Riddles

 

1)                                   RIDDLE What was Haman Ben Hamdasa's father's name?   answer The ירושלמי יבמות פ"ב ה"ו says, בן המדתא does not mean the son of המדתא It means המן, the evil person, a descendant of Hamdasa, the evil person, who lived about 13 generations before המן. Between the various נוסחיות in מס' סופרים פי"ג & the תרגום שני we have 4 possible names for Haman's  father כוזא - ביזא- סרח- סדא We have a similar concept in the פיוט לפרשת זכר from the קליר where he writes אץ קוצץ בן קוצץ  עמלק was not the son of עשיו but a descendant of his evil great grandfather עשיו. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) What does  יום העצמאות have in common with this coming Shabbos? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) What other Yom Tov do we wear masks & eat Haman Tashen?

Chumus On Purim

 Why Should You Not Eat Chumus On Purim?

The Secret To Acquiring Chein

לא בקשה דבר ---- ותהי אסתר נשאת חן בעיני כל ראיה אסתר ב' :ט"ו *One acquires  חן (grace-charm) by לא בקשה דבר The less demanding you are the more חן you will have. הרה"ג ר' אברהם גניחובסקי זצ"ל

did you know

 1) The   ספר האסופות (Talmid of the Rokeach)  writes, the reason for

saying some of the Pesukim loudly during Krias Megillah
is to make the children happy.      
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2)    Three editions of מגילת אסתר
 
1) written by the Persians*
2) written by מרדכי & אסתר**
3) written by the אנשי כנסת הגדולה***

* Esther 10:2 -
The Ibn Ezra  in Hakdama writes the Persians copied theirs
from the Megilah The Mahrsha Chulin 139b seems to
hold the Persian edition was first 
**  Esther 9:29 Megilah 19a
*** Bava Basra 15a
The Brisker Rav Zt"l explains "The Megilah Mordechai wrote was
a kosher Megilah but wasn't part of כתבי הקודש The אנשי כנה"ג
rewrote it in א"י  and then became part of כתבי הקודש"   
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3) In תרגום שני on מגילת אסתר, it says, that Haman told Achashveirosh about the Yidden that they are different and have weird Minhagim. 

 The תרגום שני lists all the Minhagim, Haman complained about. 

One of them was, “On שבועות, they go on top of the Shul's roof and throw down apples.

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5) The גמרא says ( Sanhedrin 64b)  "כמשוורתא דפוריא."
Rashi explains “On Purim, children made a fire  
in a pit and jumped over it.”
See דרכי משה או"ח תר"צ
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6) The Chasam Sofer writes*, He has a קבלה from his Rebbe,
R. Mendele Lilig Zt"l.who had a קבלה from the שב יעקב

"Anybody who learns between the readings of the nighttime Megillah and the daytime Megillah is guaranteed to be a Ben Olam Habo".

*Drushim Vagados P.245
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 7) The mothers of שרה אמינו & המן were both
named אמתלאי
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8) According to most Poskim, with this week's reading of Parshas זכור, we are מקיים the מצוה דאורייתא of זכירת מעשי עמלק

Based on the שלחן ערוך או"ח תרנ"ב:ב it would be forbidden to make Kiddush (eat) before being מקיים the מצוה דאורייתא of זכירת מעשי עמלק.

The ערוך השלחן writes one may, however, drink a hot cup of coffee Shabbos morning before being מקיים a מצוה דאורייתא.
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9) Unlike Ashkenazim, Sephardim never say יוצרות during Davening.
The only exception is on Shabbos Parshas זכור when even Sephardim say יוצרות.
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10)  זכר זכר או זכר ולא זכר
Zechor - remember
Zaicher pronounce it Zaicher with a Tzairai
Oi Zecher - or pronounce it Zecher with a Segol
V'lo Zochor and don't pronounce it Zochor with a Komatz
אמבצי

did you know

 Did you know?      

       
1) Only מגילת אסתר is referred to as a מגילה
in Chazal (Bavli &Yerushalmi)
The other 4 are never referred to as a מגילה.
 
2) There is a מחלוקת if the מנהג of banging at
המן is for children only (מהרי"ל)
or for adults as well (חכם צבי)
 
3) Some have the מנהג to bang only
where המן is mentioned as.
המן בן המדתא
 
4) המן בן המדתא was not the son of המדתא
 
5) According to the תרגום שני, The 50 אמות
pole, they hanged המן on, came from Noach's תיבה.
 
6) The name of the horse מרדכי rode on,
was שפרגז  (spare gas-super gas- safer gas)
(תרגום שני)
 
7) The טור quotes from one of the גאונים to say תחנון on פורים.
 
8) According to the מגילת תענית, one may not
fast on the 13th of Adar תענית אסתר a day before פורים
 
9)The total words of Megilas Esther are an odd 
number of words. (מ"ב תר"צ ס"ק ט needs explanation) 
 
10) המן & אסתר are both mentioned 55
 times in the מגילה . 
 . (רוקח)

ANSWER TO RIDDLE WHAT WAS HAMANS FATHERS NAME

 THE QUESTION WAS POSED HERE: 

WHAT WAS HAMANS FATHERS NAME 

According to Wikipedia , his fathers name was Hammedatha 

THAT ANSWER IS WRONG!!!!

המן בן המדתא was not the son of המדתא

המן בן המדתא was not the son of המדתא   The ירושלמי יבמות פ"ב ה"ו says, המן could not have been the son of  המדתא בן המדתא means Haman the evil person, a descendant of Hamdasa the evil person. Hamdasa lived 13 generations before Haman. Between the various נוסחיות in מס' סופרים פי"ג & the תרגום שני we have 4 possible names for Haman's  father כוזא - ביזא- סרח- סדא

 

Forbidden to fast on תענית אסתר

 

The fast day of תענית אסתר* on the 13th of Adar is not mentioned in בבלי or ירושלמי. It was instituted by the Gaonim. (The first mention of תענית אסתר is in the שאילתות דרב אחאי גאון) Before they abolished the  מגילת תענית it was forbidden to fast on the 13th of Adar  because the day before or after the  Yomim Tovim mentioned in מגילת תענית (Purim Chanuka etc,) were also included  as the days forbidden to fast. The רא"ש quotes the ר' תם  "The only  סמך  (minor  source) for fasting is from the Gemoro Megilah 2a that says י"ג זמן קהלה לכל היא The ר' תם explains they gather to say Selichos because of the fast day". *not to be confused with the three days fast in Nissan mentioned in the Megillah.

 

According to Mori V'Rabi

 

משלוח מנות            *פסקי מורי ורבי הרב הגאון ר' שלמה מילר שליט"א 1) You are not יוצא with seltzer but you are יוצא with flavored soda. 2) There is no need to have two different ברכות to be considered  2 מינים 3) Two pieces of chicken one roasted and the other boiled etc. are considered 2 מינים 4) Two pieces of chicken, one the top and the other the bottom is considered 1 מין 5) Mixed vegetable salad is considered as 1 מין 6) Cut up vegetables to be mixed into a salad are considered 2 מינים 7) Sandwich (Hamburger lettuce & tomato etc.) is considered 1 מין. 8)  Coffee & tea you can be מיקל to send (all it needs pouring hot water) 9) Not having in mind to be (יוצא משלוח מנות (מתעסק you are still  יוצא 10)   משלוח מנות sent and the recipient wasn't aware until after Purim you are  יוצא 11) You may send to a non-Frum Yid who won't make a ברכה on the food. 12) A חתן may be מיקל to send משלוח מנות   to his כלה  13) You should try to send at least one משלוח מנות to be חשובע food & the size of 3 eggs. 14) If  a שליח delivers before Purim since the recipient is not allowed eat it until Purim you are יוצא 15) If all משלוח מנות received were placed in one basket,(now שיעור חלה) it is not necessary to take Challah. 16) A שיעור חלה dough with the intention to send smaller cakes, Challas, etc. to different individuals, you still do make a ברכה.  17) Apple sauce etc., since it requires a dish, the sender may טובל the dish with a ברכה.. 18) Candies etc. since it doesn't require a dish, the sender may טובל but without ברכה. *לקטתי מספר שושנת ישראל (הרה"ג ר' מרדכי יהודה הלוי קנר שליט"א)

Riddle for Purim

 RIDDLE

What was Haman Ben Hamdasa's father's name?

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

What's for supper tonight?

What's for supper tonight? YES : Cabbage with Rice. Wine NO : Meat, Lentils, Chumus, Water.  ? : Legumes The רמ"א תרצ"ה:ב  writes to eat " מאכל זרעונים" (seeds) on Purim. The מקור חיים writes it should be a Chashuva food, therefore he recommends "rice"  The בן איש חי פ' תצוה writes to eat legumes. The דברי יציב (Klausenburg Rebbe zt"l) writes "We have no such  Minhag of legumes (מאכל זרעונים) perhaps we don't eat it because it is a מאכל אבלים". He writes that we fulfill the מאכל זרעונים by eating cabbage. From the רמב"ם כלאים פ"א ה"ח it seems all vegetables (ירקות) are considered זרעונים The משנה ברורה writes to eat the זרעונים on  the  first night. The משנה ברורה (Shar Hatzion 695 sk 12) quotes the כל בו "Some do not to eat meat* on the first night of Purim not to confuse it with the Seudas Purim." The מערבית (Yotzros) for Purim in מחזור ויטרי** it says "Cursed is the man who raises his hands to drink water -who eats ground beans- who eats lentils [on Purim]"  * The Chasam Sofer writes, The Minhag is to eat veal on Purim & not beef . זכר לעגלה ערופה **It is a very strange מערבית called "ליל שיכורים" probably not to be taken seriously. (even though mentioned by a ראשון)