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34: 528:, and holidays and fast days—quoting the Tosefta, the gemara lays out that while there is no inherent issue with women reading from the Torah, the sages maintained that they should not do so out of respect for the congregation. Similar to the issue of Megillah reading, the Reform movement readily allows this nonetheless, while the Conservative movement does so with a progressive yet 295: 339:—also cannot be said out of order. In the same standard Talmudic fashion, the Gemara goes through each law of the Mishnah, quoting Tannaim and Amoraim's statements on the topics. For the most part, other than the out-of-order laws, the chapter does not go into tangents unrelated to the Mishnah at hand. 319:
that analyzes and discusses the Mishnayot of the same tractate; however, it does not do so in order: the first chapter of each mirror each other, as do the second chapters, but the Gemara's third chapter reflects the fourth of the Mishnah, and the fourth comments on the third.
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that appears in a story related to the laws of Torah reading. The majority of the fourth chapter, "Bnei Ha'ir" (people of the city), is unrelated to the Book of Esther and the holiday of Purim, instead giving a several-page-long discussion on sacred items, such as
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period that are included in the Mishnah, but it also adds more regarding many of the same topics, including the proper way to read the Megillah as well as the treatment of sacred objects. Several of the
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The second chapter, "Hakoreh L'mafre'ah" (one who reads out of order), opens with a discussion on the prohibition of reading the Megillah out of order; this delves into reasons why other
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One contemporary Orthodox conclusion is that for both Ashkenazim and Sephardim, women can indeed not fulfil a man's obligation but can read on behalf of women, based on the majority of
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codification, the Beit Yosef mentions that some hold that men cannot fulfil their own obligation from a woman's reading as a woman's obligation, according to
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The Conservative movement (which has, for some time, been allowing women to participate more in traditional Jewish practice), however, based on a variety of
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approach, adopted in the late 1970s. While the vast majority of Orthodox congregations across the world only allow men to chant from the Torah, the "
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outlines, to at least some degree, the ways in which Jews of all denominations observe the holiday of Purim today. More relevant, however, are two
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concepts; laws of how to read the Megillah—including language, the reader, and other factors—and various times during which
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This is also true in chapter three, "Hakoreh Omed" (one who reads standing), though the Amoraim do dive into a law regarding
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from the Tosefta that were not included in the Mishnah are brought up as additional Tannaitic sources in the
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Therefore, cities that were enclosed during the time of Joshua do not celebrate until the 15th of Adar
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of modern import is regarding public reading of the Torah, which occurs on Mondays, Thursdays,
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continues to dictate how Purim is celebrated in Jewish communities worldwide to this day.
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can be performed; laws regarding buying and selling sacred objects as well as which
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adds that listing those groups as disallowed serves to include women. In the
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Full Hebrew and English text of the Talmud Bavli for tractate Megillah
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Talmud Bavli: The Gemara, Schottenstein Edition - Tractate Megillah
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Full Hebrew and English text of the Tosefta for tractate Megillah
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Full Hebrew and English text of the Mishnah for tractate Megillah
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The laws regarding reading the Megillah were codified in various
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Full Hebrew text of the Talmud Yerushalmi for tractate Megillah
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of the Babylonian Talmud (Gemara) is a commentary of the
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Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim 135, 141, 282, 423, 663.
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for the most part do not elaborate or give reasons.
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