(For answers, see inside the booklet)
1) If a father commands his son who is over 13 not to get drunk on Purim, does the mitzvah of honoring his parents obligate the son to heed his father’s request, or is this considered a command to transgress a mitzvah that a child is supposed to disregard (Yevamos 6a)?
2) On Purim there is a mitzvah to get drunk, does this apply to women? If not, how can this be reconciled with the piyut that the Machzor Vitri (2:465) brings down that people should say during Ma’ariv on Purim: פורים יין אשר הוקם לשמוח פני אישים יבא ויגיל פני אנשים ונשים - “On Purim it was established to drink wine, in order to make happy the faces of people, ‘come and rejoice, men and women”, which clearly seems to imply there is a mitzvah for women to drink wine on Purim as well?
3) Esther agreed to Mordechai’s request that she go to Achashverosh to intercede on behalf of the Jews, but because she was risking her life since she had not been called, she told Mordechai (Esther 4:16) to instruct the Jews in Shushan, “Fast for me; do not eat and do not drink,” which seems redundant. Once she said that they should fast, why did she add that they should not eat or drink, which is the definition of a fast?
4) The Gemara (Megillah 7b) relates that Rabbah and Rav Zeira once ate their festive Purim meal together. They became so intoxicated that Rabbah killed Rav Zeira, but the next day he davened and brought him back to life. At this point, was Rav Zeira still married to his wife, or did their marriage terminate with his death?
5) Where do we find a case, that one doesn’t give mishlo’ach manos to anyone, yet he still fulfills the mitzvah of mishlo’ach manos?
6) On seder night we do various changes: כדי שישאלו התינוקות - “in order to stimulate the children to ask questions”, where on Purim do we find that we change things, כדי שישאלו התינוקות?
7) How is it possible that a ben ir [someone lives in a city] (which is definitely not surrounded by a wall) who hasn’t left his city, must read Megillah on the 15th?
8) How can there be a case, that if one reads the Megillah himself his is yoitza, if, however, he hears it from someone else (who is obligated in the mitzvah) he isn’t yoitza?
9) How is it possible to have two neighbors, where one must read Megillah on the 14th of Adar, and the second one must read Megillah on the 15th?
10) When is there a case when one must recite the berachah of shehechayanu before the other berachos on reading the Megillah?
11) When is there a case when there is a mitzvah to eat meat on Purim night?
12) How is possible that one sent mishlo’ach manos, however, he isn’t yoitza?
13) May one send mishlo’ach manos with a monkey?
14) What halachah unrelated to Purim, must one start on Purim?
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Tizku lemitzvos and A Freilichen Purim
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