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<p>In Avodah Digest V26#47, RAM asked:<br>
> 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..."<br>
> Why does the MB refer to Shalosh Seudos? Wouldn't it be simpler and better to mention Melaveh Malka? <<br>
Not if he explicitly meant the 3rd Shabbos meal ;-). <br>
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> 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". <<br>
Who says the problem is not that he isn't hungry?<br>
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> So what is the point that the MB is making? Thanks. <<br>
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. <br>
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