Megillah, Daf Bet, Section 6 Introduction According to the Mishnah the status of a city as "walled" or "unwalled" is based on whether it was walled when Joshua initially conquered Canaan. Our sugya notes that other tannaim hold that the...
Megillah, Daf Bet, Section 5 Introduction According to the Mishnah unwalled cities celebrate Purim and read the Megillah on the fourteenth of Adar and walled cities on the fifteenth. Our sugya asks where this tradition comes from. ...
Megillah, Daf Bet, Part 4 Introduction In yesterday’s section we learned a mishnah in which R. Judah said that in his time, since people reckon the calendar from the day on which the Megillah is read, it is only read in the proper time, on the 14th or...
Megillah, Daf Bet, Part 3 Introduction In today’s section an amora posits that the opinion in the Mishnah belongs to one sage, but that other sages disagree. אמר רבה בר בר...
Megillah, Daf Bet, Part 2 Introduction The opening sugya of Tractate Megillah is an extended midrashic discussion concerning the source for the halakhah allowing the Megillah to be read on the 11th, 12th and 13th of Adar, even though the book of Esther itself...
