[Avodah] Seudah on Purim Night

[Michael Poppers]

In Avodah Digest V26#47, RAM asked:
> Mishne Brura 695:3 writes: "Even when the 14th falls on Motzaei Shabbos,
where one made a Seudah Chashuvah as the third meal, nevertheless he has to
have a bit more (leharbos ketzas) at night l'kavod Purim..."
> Why does the MB refer to Shalosh Seudos? Wouldn't it be simpler and
better to mention Melaveh Malka? <
Not if he explicitly meant the 3rd Shabbos meal ;-).

> After all, Shalosh Seudos is merely an illustration of why one might not
be hungry, and might not want to make a seudah on Purim night. But, if the
case concerns Motzaei Shabbos, then the problem is not that he isn't
hungry, but that he is already making a seudah anyway. Even if his Shalosh
Seudos was a minimal one, he should still "have a bit more" in order to
distinguish his regular Melaveh Malka from this combined "Melaveh Malka on
Purim Night". <
Who says the problem is not that he isn't hungry?

> So what is the point that the MB is making? Thanks. <
That he isn't hungry, yet he should still do something lichvod Purim.  See
the comment of L'vushei S'rad ("shesava' mis'udah Gimel [i.e., shlishis
--MP]") to MA 695:1.

All the best from
--Michael Poppers via RIM pager
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