[Avodah] Should Woman Go To Shul For Megilas Esther?

[Danny Schoemann]

From: "Prof. Levine" <llevine at stevens.edu>
> Of course, the opinion of those who hold that one can (should) read
> the megillah to women at home presumes that one has a kosher megillah
> and that one is able to read it properly.  This is certainly not the
> case for many men.

Pity.The Kitzur (141:13) suggests everybody should have one:

ראוי ונכון שיהיה לכל אחד מגילה כשרה כדי שיאמר בעצמו מלה במלה בלחש, פן
לא ישמע תיבה אחת מן הקורא, וכן כל אשה חכמת לב שעומדת בעזרת נשים, אם
אפשר מה טוב להיות לה מגילה כשרה לקרות מתוכה, כי שם קשה לשמוע והנשים
חייבות כמו האנשים

"It is correct and appropriate that everybody have a Kosher Megila so
that they can say by themselves each and every word quietly, lest they
miss a word from the Reader. So too each wise woman standing in the
lady's section, if possible it would be nice for her to have a Kosher
Megila to read from, for there it is difficult to hear, and women have
the same obligation as men [to hear the entire Megila]"

It's not such a big deal to write a Megila; a beginner Sofer can do it
in 70 hours, if they are VERY slow... start now and you'll have one by
next Purim. :-)

- Danny, who wrote his Sefer Torah in a mere 9 years.