[Avodah] Bracha on Megillah

[Henry Topas]

OK, thank you. Brings up the next questions.  Most shuls read haftorot from
a sefer, not klaf, and the established bracha rishona is used:

1. In shuls which choose to read haftorot from a klaf, would the bracha
change to an "asher kidshanu bimitzvotav" formulation?

2. If we read haftorot from a sefer with a bracha, why is there not a
similar bracha established for the reading of a megillah from other than a
klaf?

Kol tuv,

HT

-----Original Message-----
From: Micha Berger [mailto:micha at aishdas.org] 
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 5:58 AM
To: htopas at canpro.ca; A High-Level Torah Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [Avodah] Bracha on Megillah

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 08:44:43PM -0400, Henry Topas wrote:
: Can someone remind me why we only make a bracha on Megilat Esther?

The question is really why we are only careful to use a megillah for reading
Esther. Gra-nikim, and much of Israel, read the other megillos from a kelaf
with a berakhah.

:-)BBii!
-Micha