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<font size=3><b>With Purim just around the corner, everyone is
anticipating the annual Mitzvos HaYom. However, for many, it is the
unique mitzvah to get drunk that they are eagerly awaiting. Since Purim
is described in the Megillah as a day of Mishteh (referring to a wine
feast) and the Purim turnabout miracle occurred at such wine feasts,
there is a rare dispensation from the norm, and an apparent obligation to
drink wine. Hopefully, the wine will enable one to experience a sublime,
spiritual Purim. Yet, uninhibited drinking may also unfortunately result
in catastrophic consequences. If so, what exactly is the Mitzvah of
drinking on Purim? Is there truly a Mitzvah to get drunk on
Purim?<br><br>
</b>Read the full article
"<a href="https://go.madmimi.com/redirects/1394742982-c5d13fabce156dcf618cbb2703aec7aa-3704027?pa=21152736658">
Insights Into Halacha: To Drink or Not To Drink: A Halachic Analysis of
Getting Drunk on Purim</a>". <br><br>
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kol tuv, Good Shabbos and a Freilichen Purim!! <br>
Y. Spitz <br>
Yerushalayim <br>
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