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"B"H we have been invited to a Bar-Mitzva on Purim morning which means<br>
we will be eating a sumptuous meal then<br>
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It is likely that I will be working Purim afternoon - and will not be<br>
able to have a s'udah with my family then.<br>
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While it's the common Minhag to have the Purim s'udah in the afternoon<br>
[except on erev Shabbos - EG see Rema O"Ch 695:2] is there any reason<br>
NOT to make the morning Bar Mitzvah meal the iqqar S'udas Purim? [FWIW<br>
Rema b'sheim ThD says it's OK in the AM every in the year"<br>
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The shulchan aruch says to have the seuda after mincha ketana (except on erev shabbos) in order that you will be allowed to eat after mincha. If it is a seuda gedola- I believe you have to start it before mincha gedola (Orach Chaim 232:2) (though I heard once that everything other than a wedding is a seuda ketana). Assuming that the Purim seuda is a seuda gedola, we only have it in the morning on erev shabbos because we do not seperate mincha from maariv for kavod shabbos.Therefore, we cannot start the Purim seuda after mincha ketana and we cannot start it after mincha gedola- so we start it before mincha gedola. I'm not sure what you said about the Rema, but the shulchan aruch clearly implies it's best to have the seuda after mincha ketana unless it's for kavod shabbos; not kavod friend's bar mitzvah. Personally, I think having a meal later is more chashuv in general, I don't know if halacha agrees with me. Furthermore, the shulchan aruch says that whoever works on Purim proviso it is not for a mitzvah or for Purim itself will not benefit from his toil. The only variable I have seen that might be complulsory for the seuda is bread and the suggestion of various types of seeds. I have not found anything concerning having a Purim seuda that serves multiple functions- anyone else have? From an hashkafic perpective it feels so wrong to work and techinically have a seuda gedola.....that hapens to be on Purim too. I am not a Rabbi, but I wouldn't treat my Purim like that if I didn't have to- it's like the holiest day of the year!<br>
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