Venue: Cong. Ahavat Torah (Englewood, NJ) Cong. Ahavat Torah (Englewood, NJ)

Gemara:

Gittin,  Megillah 

Halacha:

Purim 

Collections: Rabbi Rosensweig Itamar Ahavat Torah Shiur

Description

On the status of the Megillah as a Sefer and an Iggeret; which halakhot depend on which din? (Megillah 16b, 17a, 19a); Sirtut in Megillah, Torah, Teffilin, Mezuzah and divrei Torah (Megillah 16b, Menachot 32a, Gittin 6b, Yerushalmi Megillah; positions of Rashi, Tosafot, Ramban; Is it fundamentally an Iggeret (Rambam and Maggid Mishneh Megillah 2:9) or a Sefer (see Mordechai Megillah # 695); Ramban's distinction (Megillah 17) between dinim intrinsic to the megillah and dinim extrinsic; writing berachot in a Megiilah- Ra'avya and Shut Rashba; Tagin and Nekudot- Mordechai and Shut Rashba; Etz Chaim in a Megillah- Tur, Bach, Amarkol; Berachot on Megillah and on Torah.