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Chapter 141:16
Laws of the Megillah
16. [The following is the law] when a person who has already fulfilled his
obligation to hear the Megillah, reads the Megillah again for a colleague
who has not fulfilled his obligation: If the later is able to recite the
blessings preceding the Megillah on his own, he should do so. If, however,
one is reading for a woman, it is preferable that the reader [alter the
text of the blessing and] recites: "...asher kid'shonu b'mitzvosov
v'tzivonu lishmo'ah Megillah" (1) (ending the blessing with "...commanded
us...to hear the Megillah" rather than "to read the Megillah") (2).
FOOTNOTES:
(1) Some say "lishmo'ah MIKRAH Megillah" (Mishna Berura 689:8).
(2) This is because a woman might be obligated only to hear the Megillah,
but not to read it (Mishna Berurah 689:7). If a woman has nobody to read
for her, she should read it for herself from a kosher Megillah, but should
still end the blessing preceding the Megillah with ".,,Li'shmoah mikrah
Megillah" ("to hear the Megillah") (Ibid. 689:8).
Halacha-Yomi, Copyright © 2004 Torah.org
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