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Megilla 22 : Marc Chipkin: 2022-01-03 How do we divide the Torah reading on Rosh chodesh? How many people read from the Torah on a fast? Rav's behavior on a fast day.

Megilla 21: Marc Chipkin: 2022-01-02 The Torah is read standing. Blessings before and after the megilla. What the three aliyot and ten pesukim of kriat HaTorah correspond to.

Megilla 20: Marc Chipkin: 2022-01-01 The sources for various mitzvot done during the day. Alot hashachar is the beginning of the day. Mitzvot done during the whole day and whole night

Megilla 19 : Marc Chipkin : 2021-12-31 A town dweller that went to a walled city, or vice versa. How much of the megilla must be read? Can a deaf person read the megilla?

Megilla 18 : Marc Chipkin: 2021-12-30 If a word is worth one sela, silence is worth two. Reading the megilla in a foreign language. One has to read the megilla in order and not even one verse can be left out.

Megilla 17 : Marc Chipkin : 2021-12-29 Torah learning is greater than honoring one’s father and mother. Sources for reading the megilla, Hallel and the Shema in order. The order of the blessings in the Shemoneh Esrei.

Megilla 16 : Marc Chipkin: 2021-12-28 Haman is forced to lead Mordechai in royal clothing through the streets. Haman's downfall. Joseph and the brothers in Egypt.

Megilla 15: Marc Chipkin: 2021-12-27 Esther's fateful decision. Fasting on Pesach. Reasons why Esther invited Haman to the seudah with Achashverosh

Megilla 14 : Marc Chipkin : 2021-12-26 The removal of the signet ring. Why Hallel is not recited on Purim. The 48 prophets and 7 prophetesses.

Megilla 13 : Marc Chipkin : 2021-12-25 Was Esther's real name Hadassah? Esther's modesty came from Shaul and Rachel. Haman's anti Semitic slander.