Venue: Yeshivat Har Etzion Yeshivat Har Etzion

Halacha:

Purim 

Machshava:

Purim 

Collections: R' Freedman Halakha

References: Megilla: 7b ,  Beis Yosef: OC 695 ,  Mishnah Berurah: OC 695:4-5 ,  Rambam: Megilla 2:15 ,  Shulchan Aruch: OC 695:2  

Description

Is there an obligation to get drunk on Purim? This shiur analyzed the main Gemara mentioning the obligation and its relationship to the story that follows it. It included a survey of the opinions of the rishonim and the acharonim. This shiur was delivered to the shana aleph talmidim in Yeshivat Har Etzion.