[Avodah] When and Where to hear the Magila

Professor L. Levine llevine at stevens.edu
Tue Feb 27 15:05:01 PST 2018


>From today's OU Kosher Halacha Yomis


Q. Given that it is preferable to hear Megillas Esther together with a large crowd (b'rov am hadras Melech), is it better to daven with a small crowd at the Vasikin Minyan (at sunrise), or to daven with a larger crowd later at the main Minyan?


A. In this case, there are two competing factors. On the one hand, it is preferable to perform a mitzvah at the earliest opportunity (zerizim makdimim l'mitzvos). On the other hand, it is preferable to hear the Megillah together with a large crowd (b'rov am). The question here is which one of these considerations takes precedence. Rav Zylberstein (Chashukei Chemed, Megila 27b) rules that in this case, it is proper to delay the mitzvah, so it can be performed b'rov am. This is because joining together with a large crowd offers a greater publicization of the miracle, which is a fundamental component of the mitzvah of reading the Megillah. However, if one is accustomed to davening with the Vasikin Minyan all week long, they should daven there on Purim as well. This is because the Mishnah Berurah (687:7) writes that one who has a makom kavua (set place to daven) need not change their location to daven b'rov am.


I daven at the Flatbush Vosikin Minyan and on Purim morning the minyan will be held  in the High School  Bais Medrash of Yeshiva Rabeinu Chaim Berlin.  In previous years there has been a very large crowd of both men and women, so at least here in Flatbush there is no problem with Vosikan and a large crowd.


YL


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