[Avodah] Rav Menashe Klein - Send Mishloach Manos Early Before They Get Drunk!

[Prof. Levine]

 From http://revach.net/article.php?id=5009

Rav Menashe Klein - Send Mishloach Manos Early Before They Get Drunk!

What happens if the person you sent Mishloach Manos to is dead drunk, 
are you yotzei? Rav Menashe Klein (Mishneh Halachos (4:91) says 
probably not. Halachically someone who has reached the level of 
intoxication of Lot is like a Shoteh and patur from Mitzvos. He 
reasons that the mitzva of Mishloach Manos depends on the status of 
the recipient and not the sender. If so you have sent to someone who 
is patur from the Mitzva and therefore you are not Yotzei. However if 
he has time to sober up before Purim is over then you are yotzei.

Rav Menashe Klein distinguishes this from a case where the recipient 
is merely sleeping. In that case he believes you are probably yotzei 
because another person can be koneh for him, whereas a drunkard has 
no way to be koneh anything.

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