And Don't Forget the Mishloach!
03 March 2026
Divrei Chizuk for PURIM
Here are a few amazing gematriyot for Purim -
הגימטריה של "שאגת הארי" -
כִּי הֹ' דִּבֶּר טוֹב עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל (במדבר י, כט)
וְעֵת לִשְׂחוֹק (קהלת ג, ד)
מַלְכָּם לִפְנֵיהֶם וַה' בְּרֹאשָׁם (מיכה ב, יג)
וְנוֹחַ בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר (אסתר ט, יז)
כַּיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר נָחוּ בָהֶם הַיְּהוּדִים מֵאֹיְבֵיהֶם (אסתר ט, כב)
מֶמְשֶׁלֶת יָמִין
תִּמְחֶה זֵכֶר עֲמָלֵק
מַלְכוּת מָשִׁיחַ בֶּן דָּוִד
הגימטריה של "פורים תשפ'ו" -
וְלֹא יַחְמֹד אִישׁ אֶת אַרְצְךָ (שמות לד, כד)
ה' צְבָאוֹת עִמָּנוּ מִשְׂגָּב לָנוּ (תהילים מו, ח)
ה' צְבָאוֹת אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם בֹּטֵחַ בָּךְ (תהילים פד, יג)
ה' יִשְׁמׇר צֵאתְךָ וּבוֹאֶךָ (תהילים קכא, ח)
וְאַתְּ עָלִית עַל כֻּלָּנָה (משלי לא, כט)
מִבְצַע שַׁאֲגַת הָארִי (what are the statistical chances of that)
אַרְאֶנּוּ נִפְלָאוֹת בְּקֵץ הַיָּמִים
מִלְחֶמֶת אוּמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם
תְּקוּמָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל
הגימטריה של "בנימין נתניהו דונלד טראמפ" -
אֵילֵי מוֹאָב יֹאחֲזֵמוֹ רָעַד נָמֹגוּ כֹּל יֹשְׁבֵי כְנָעַן (שמות טו, טו)קֵץ בָּבֶל זְרֻבָּבֶל לְקֵץ שִׁבְעִים (מעוז צור)
תְּשֻׁאוֹת (זכריה ד, ז)
הָעוֹלָם אוֹהֵב אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל
הגימטריה של "המן תשפ'ו" -
וַתִּמָּלֵא הָאָרֶץ חָמָס (בראשית ו, יא)פָלֶשְׂתִּינָאִי
גַּרְעִין צְפוֹן קוֹרֵיאָה
וְרָאשֶׁיהָ אֵירוֹפָּה וֶאֱדוֹם
שְׁנַת הַסּוּס (השנה בלוח הסיני 2026)
תּוֹמֵךְ טֵרוֹר
וִיקָרֵב קֵץ מְשִׁיחֵהּ
נִיגָּאֵל תשפ"ו
Purim Sameach
Meanwhile... What Really Happened In Bnei Brak? מה באמת קרה בבני ברק?
Differing Types of War: Foreign Amalekim and Home Front Amalekim
Esser Agaroth(2¢):
Remember Bnei Braq two weeks ago? Everyone was in an uproar. The so-called Religious Zionists were in a tizzy over the events there. When confronted with the question...
“Whose bright idea was it to send immodestly-dressed soldiers into Bnei Braq, or to send in female soldiers at all?”
...the diehard state loyalists (mamlakhtim) start frothing at the mouth, screaming,“That’s not the point!” Even though that is exactly the point.
Condemnations from Haredim ......
As we celebrate Purim, and the defeat of our Iranian and Amaleqite enemies, both of long ago and of today.......
Read All About It
WAR FYI
12:24|Missile fired at central Israel identified as cluster bomb
Sirens sounded Tuesday morning in central Israel and Samaria, following the launch of a cluster bomb from Iran. One of the fragment hit a home in Petah Tikva.
No one was injured.
A cluster bomb releases 20 small missiles approximately seven kilometers above the target area. The small missiles spread out over an eight-kilometer area.
Iran possesses three type of ballistic missiles with cluster warheads, among them the Qader and Khorramshahr, both of which can reach Israel. The missiles cannot penetrate a safe room, but they may cause injuries and damage.
US President Donald Trump’s Speech February 28, 2026
This is the full text of US President Donald Trump’s speech following the start of US and Israeli strikes against Iran, February 28, 2026.
A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran.
Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime — a vicious group of very hard, terrible people
Its menacing activities directly endanger the United States, our troops, our bases overseas, and our allies throughout the world.
For 47 years, the Iranian regime has chanted ‘Death to America’ and waged an unending campaign of bloodshed and mass murder targeting the United States, our troops and the innocent people in many, many countries.
Among the regime’s very first acts was to back a violent takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran, holding dozens of American hostages for 444 days.
In 1983, Iran’s proxies carried out the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut that killed 241 American military personnel.
In 2000, they knew and were probably involved with the attack on the USS Cole (where) many died.
Iranian forces killed and maimed hundreds of American service members in Iraq.
The regime’s proxies have continued to launch countless attacks against American forces stationed in the Middle East in recent years, as well as US naval and commercial vessels and international shipping lands.
It’s been mass terror, and we’re not going to put up with it any longer.
This is the full text of US President Donald Trump’s speech following the start of US and Israeli strikes against Iran, February 28, 2026.
A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran.
Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime — a vicious group of very hard, terrible people.
Its menacing activities directly endanger the United States, our troops, our bases overseas, and our allies throughout the world.
For 47 years, the Iranian regime has chanted ‘Death to America’ and waged an unending campaign of bloodshed and mass murder targeting the United States, our troops and the innocent people in many, many countries.
Among the regime’s very first acts was to back a violent takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran, holding dozens of American hostages for 444 days.
In 1983, Iran’s proxies carried out the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut that killed 241 American military personnel.
In 2000, they knew and were probably involved with the attack on the USS Cole (where) many died.
Iranian forces killed and maimed hundreds of American service members in Iraq.
The regime’s proxies have continued to launch countless attacks against American forces stationed in the Middle East in recent years, as well as US naval and commercial vessels and international shipping lands.
It’s been mass terror, and we’re not going to put up with it any longer.
From Lebanon to Yemen and Syria to Iraq, the regime has armed, trained and funded terrorist militias that have soaked the earth with blood and guts.
And it was Iran’s proxy Hamas that launched the monstrous October 7 attacks on Israel, slaughtering more than 1,000 innocent people, including 46 Americans, while taking 12 of our citizens hostage. It was brutal, something like the world has never seen before.
Iran is the world’s number one state sponsor of terror, and just recently killed tens of thousands of its own citizens on the street as they protested.
It has always been the policy of the United States, in particular, my administration, that this terrorist regime can never have a nuclear weapon. I’ll say it again. They can never have a nuclear weapon.
That is why, in Operation Midnight Hammer last June, we obliterated the regime’s nuclear program at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan.
After that attack, we warned them never to resume their malicious pursuit of nuclear weapons, and we sought repeatedly to make a deal. We tried. They wanted to do it. They didn’t want to do it again. They wanted to do it. They didn’t want to do it. They didn’t know what was happening. They just wanted to practice evil.
But Iran refused (to make a deal), just as it has for decades and decades. They rejected every opportunity to renounce their nuclear ambitions, and we can’t take it anymore.
Instead, they attempted to rebuild their nuclear program and to continue developing long range missiles that can now threaten our very good friends and allies in Europe, our troops stationed overseas and could soon reach the American homeland.
Just imagine how emboldened this regime would be if they ever had and actually were armed with nuclear weapons as a means to deliver their message.
For these reasons, the United States military is undertaking a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests.
We are going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground. It will be totally again obliterated.
We are going to annihilate their navy. We are going to ensure that the region’s terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region or the world and attack our forces, and no longer use their IEDs — or roadside bombs, as they are sometimes called — to so gravely wound and kill thousands and thousands of people, including many Americans.
And we will ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon. It’s a very simple message. They will never have a nuclear weapon.
This regime will soon learn that no one should challenge the strength and might of the United States Armed Forces.
I built and rebuilt our military in my first administration, and there is no military on earth even close to its power, strength or sophistication.
My administration has taken every possible step to minimize the risk to US personnel in the region. Even so — and I do not make this statement lightly — the Iranian regime seeks to kill.
The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost and we may have casualties. That often happens in war.
But we’re doing this — not for now — we’re doing this for the future, and it is a noble mission.
We pray for every service member as they selflessly risk their lives to ensure that Americans and our children will never be threatened by a nuclear armed Iran.
We ask G–D to protect all of our heroes in harm’s way, and we trust that with his help, the men and women of the armed forces will prevail.
We have the greatest (soldiers) in the world, and they will prevail.
To the members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, the armed forces and all of the police, I say tonight that you must lay down your weapons and have complete immunity — or in the alternative, face certain death.
So lay down your arms. You will be treated fairly with total immunity, or you will face certain death.
Finally, to the great, proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand. Stay sheltered. Don’t leave your home. It’s very dangerous outside. Bombs will be dropping everywhere.
When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take this will be probably your only chance for generations.
For many years, you have asked for America’s help, but you never got it. No president was willing to do what I am willing to do tonight.
Now you have a president who is giving you what you want, so let’s see how you respond.
America is backing you with overwhelming strength and devastating force.
Now is the time to seize control of your destiny and to unleash the prosperous and glorious future that is close within your reach.
This is the moment for action. Do not let it pass.
May G–D bless the brave men and women of America’s armed forces. May G–D bless the United States of America. May G–D bless you all. Thank you.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-of-trumps-declaration-of-major-combat-operations-against-iran/
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MATANOS L’EVYONIM – B’HIDDUR: This Purim Help a Very Poor Family in Need!
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
This Purim be מקיים the great מצוה of מתנות לאביונים in its highest and best form by donating to help a very poor family that is struggling financially and has accumulated huge amounts of debt and is begging for your help. The פוסקים write that you should spend more on the מצוה of מתנות לאביונים than on משלוח מנות and סעודת פורים. The Gemara says that the eyes of the poor are looking out for מקרא מגילה as this is when they will get the מתנות לאביונים.
Even if you already gave today Tzedakah you should still donate to this important cause as it says כל הפושט יד ליטול נותנים לו, so please donate generously and keep in mind that every Dollar goes directly to the poor family, 100% of your donation, וכל המוסיף מוסיפין לו מן השמים.
In the זכות of this great Mitzvah may you and your family be blessed by Hashem with Bracha, Hatzlacha, Refuos and Yeshuos and all your Prayers should be answered and you should always be on the giving end and never on the receiving end.
Thank you, תזכו למצוות and פורים שמח.
Correlating the Nuremberg Nazis to the Ten Sons of Haman
The correlation of Haman’s sons to the Nuremberg Nazis, y’s, is eerie. It is also what can be called an “emunah builder.” One could perhaps suggest that it is coincidence, but the combination of all of these coincidences in one area, particularly when they are otherwise unexplained, is perhaps too much of a coincidence.
Why The Extra Words?
Let’s look at the listing of the ten sons of Haman as they are being hanged at the end of the Megillah. There are two columns—the names are to the right side. On the left side is a series of ten of the same words—“v’es.”
Why not just have the connecting vav appear before each of the ten names? Why the ten extra words?
To answer this question, we go to one of the Tannaim, either Shimon HaAmasuni or Nechemiah HaAmasuni (a debate in the Talmud). He was a second-generation Tanna and perhaps even the person known as Nachum Ish Gamzu according to some sources. The Gemara in Pesachim (22b) and in Kiddushin (57a) discuss him and his method of exegesis. He looked at every “es” in the Torah and stated that it comes to include something else. But what? Or who?
The Four Strangely-Sized Letters
Now let’s take a deeper look at the letters of the hand-written Megillah itself. There are four unexplained irregularities in the orthography of the letters. Three letters are written in a significantly smaller size. One letter is written in a much larger size.
The Smaller Letters. In the listing of the ten sons of Haman (Megillah 9:7–9), there are three letters that are written smaller: the taf of Parshandasa, the shin of Parmashta, and the zayin of Vayzasa. The gematria value of these smaller letters is 707.
The Larger Letter. In that last son of Haman, Vayzasa, the vav is written much larger. Rav Michel Dov Ber Weissmandel, zt’l, a tzaddik who saved thousands of people during the Holocaust and who tried to save hundreds of thousands of others, made the following discovery:
If this vav represents the sixth millennium of creation, and the other three smaller letters represent the years, the total is 5707; 5707 corresponds to the year 1946—the year that ten Nazis were hanged at the Nuremberg trials.
The Hanging Date
Although the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg delivered its verdicts sentencing the leaders of the Nazi party to death by hanging on October 1, 1946, they were hanged on October 16, the 21st of Tishrei. That date corresponds to the final judgement day of the Hebrew year—the point of no return, Hoshana Rabbah.
The Bizarre Declaration
Kingsbury Smith of the International News Service, who was chosen by random lot [“pur” in Hebrew] to represent the American press at the execution of the ten Nazis wrote as follows:
“…Julius Streicher made his melodramatic appearance at 2:12 a.m. While his manacles were being removed and his bare hands bound, this ugly, dwarfish little man, wearing a threadbare suit and a well-worn bluish shirt buttoned to the neck but without a tie (he was notorious during his days of power for his flashy dress), glanced at the three wooden scaffolds rising menacingly in front of him. Then he glanced around the room, his eyes resting momentarily upon the small group of witnesses. By this time, his hands were tied securely behind his back. Two guards, one on each arm, directed him to Number One gallows on the left of the entrance. He walked steadily the six feet to the first wooden step but his face was twitching … He was pushed the last two steps to the mortal spot beneath the hangman’s rope. The rope was being held back against a wooden rail by the hangman.
Streicher was swung suddenly to face the witnesses and glared at them. Suddenly he screamed, ‘Purim Feast 1946.’”
This is very strange. Why would he scream that?
The Request
“And the king said to Esther the queen, ‘The Jews have slain and destroyed 500 men in Shushan the capital, and the ten sons of Haman … Now whatever your petition, it shall be granted; whatever your request further, it shall be done.’
Esther responded, ‘If it is pleasing to the King, let it be granted to the Jews that are in Shushan to do tomorrow also as this day, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged upon the gallows’” (Megillas Esther 9:12–14).
Our sages tell us that every place in the Megillah that it mentions the king, it also refers to Hashem, the King. Esther’s request, or prayer, was also directed to Hashem Himself, the Ultimate King.
A Correlation Between The Nazis And The Ten Sons of Haman?
The great Kabbalist Sason ben Mordechai Shanduch (1747–1830), who lived in Iraq, in his sefer Davar B’Ito, provides a Hebrew root that indicates the specific evil quality inherent in each of the original ten sons of Haman. Based on Rabbi Shanduch’s writings, we can perhaps conjecture which each of the sons of Haman comes to include:
1. Parshandasa is one who is mafrish a person from the religion (dasa). This possibly refers to Alfred Rosenberg, y’s, chief Nazi theoretician and ideologist. In his 1920 book, Immorality in the Talmud, Rosenberg identified Jews and Judaism as evil incarnate. Publicly, Rosenberg attributed what was wrong with Christianity to the influence of Judaism. He initiated many of the anti-Jewish laws. He was also the head of the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories, where he oversaw the establishment and administration of the extermination camps.
2. Dalphon is a person who is a deles, a door to pnios ra’os, bad directions or steps. Possibly this refers to Alfred Jodl, y’s, chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High Command, who signed the Commissar Order of 6 June 1941 (in which Soviet political commissars were to be shot) and the Commando Order of 28 October 1942 (in which Allied commandos, including properly uniformed soldiers as well as combatants wearing civilian clothes were to be executed immediately without trial if captured behind German lines). He also signed the surrender documents of Nazi Germany.
3. Asafta is a gatherer. Ernst Kaltenbrunner, y’s, obergruppenführer (general) in the SS was the chief of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Main Security Office). According to former SS-Sturmbannführer Hans Georg Mayer, Kaltenbrunner was present at a December 1940 meeting among Hitler, Goebbels, Himmler, and Heydrich where it was decided to gas all Jews incapable of heavy physical work. Under Kaltenbrunner’s command, the genocide of Jews picked up pace as “the process of extermination was to be expedited and the concentration of the Jews in the Reich itself and the occupied countries were to be liquidated as soon as possible.” He oversaw the rapid gathering of Jews in order to exterminate them.
4. Porasa alludes to untoward and unchaste behavior. While overseeing the Dutch, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, y’s, an Austrian Nazi politician, worked with Hitler to create the Anschluss. After Germany invaded Poland, he served in the General Government of Poland. He was also reichskommissar in Holland. He behaved in a manner that compromised many Dutch women.
5. Adalia refers to one who lifts himself up with arrogance and haughtiness—likely Joachim Von Ribbentrop, y’s, Nazi Germany’s foreign minister. In his arrogance, he added the fake title “Von” to his name. When he was an ambassador to England, virtually everyone commented about his complete arrogance.
6. Aridasa is one who scares others like a lion. Possibly this refers to Wilhelm Frick, y’s, Reich minister of the Interior of Nazi Germany and then the last governor of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. He used ruthless methods to counter any dissent.
7. Parmashta is one who rips apart (porem) the inner fabric, the shasi (the crisscross of the garment), of the Jewish nation. This could possibly reference Wilhelm Keitel, y’s, field marshal and chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces. He issued a series of criminal orders from April 1941. The orders went beyond established codes of conduct for the military and broadly allowed the execution of Jews, civilians, and non-combatants, for any reason. Those carrying out the murders were exempted from court-martial or later being tried for war crimes. The orders were signed by Keitel
8. Arisai is one who possesses the venom (aras) of a snake. Perhaps this refers to the venomous nature of Julius Streicher, y’s, early member of the Nazi Party and founder and publisher of Der Stürmer, which encouraged the hate toward Jews.
9. Aridai is one who subjugates people (rodeh). This best references Fritz Sauckel, y’s, Gauleiter of Thuringia and the General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment from 1942 until the end of the war. He worked directly under Göring through the Four Year Plan Office, directing and controlling labor. In response to increased demands, he met the requirement for manpower with people from the occupied territories. Voluntary numbers were insufficient, and forced recruitment was introduced within a few months. Of the five million foreign workers brought to Germany, around 200,000 came voluntarily, according to Sauckel’s own testimony at Nuremberg.
10. Vayzasa is one who symbolizes the bitter and warped judgment of an olive (zayis). It is likely that this references Hans Frank, y’s, Hitler’s personal lawyer and Nazi Germany’s chief jurist in German-occupied Poland. He served as the warped judge that allowed many Nazi goals to become law.
Perhaps the correlation of the original ten sons of Haman to the modern sons of Haman—the Nazis—could be tweaked bit better, but the ten prominent “V’es” additions in the left column do indicate that it comes to include specific people.
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The author can be reached at yairhoffman2@gmail.com.
Hashem Please Watch Over Our Brave Reservists and to Speedily Accomplish Their Objective
IDF Mobilizes 100,000 Reservists in Operation Against Iran
Bnei Brak Rabbanim Issues P’sak……
Bnei Brak Rabbanim: “Stop Kriyas Megillah During Sirens; Designate Sober Family Member”
Ahead of Purim, the city’s Rabbanim issued an unprecedented p’sak calling on residents to combine the simcha of the Yom Tov with heightened caution due to the war.
HaGaon HaRav Chaim Yitzchak Isaac Landau, HaGaon HaRav Shevach Tzvi Rosenblatt, and HaGaon HaRav Masoud Ben Shimon published a special letter to city residents entitled “להקהל ולעמוד על נפשם,” emphasizing that despite the many open nissim seen in the city since the war began, residents are mechuyav to heed the guidance of security authorities.
Regarding Kriyas HaMegillah, the Rabbanim paskened that “in every place of gathering for tefillah and Kriyas HaMegillah, the location of the nearest protected space must be identified in advance. If a siren is heard in the middle of Kriyah, it must be stopped immediately, and everyone must enter a protected area. The Kriyah should resume afterward from the point where it was interrupted.”
“Gatherings for the Seudas Purim should be limited to individual families as much as possible, and participants should be informed of the location of a protected space in case of sirens.”
“It should be arranged in advance that a responsible person in the family will refrain from drinking to the point of intoxication and will take responsibility for the participants to act appropriately in case of an emergency, such as entering a protected space.
“If chas v’chalilah, there is a missile fall or damage, the area should be cleared for professionals to tend to the area, and no one should touch missile parts or approach impact sites due to the serious danger involved.”
The Rabbanim concluded their message with a tefillah for yeshuah. “מי שעשה ניסים לאבותינו יראנו פלאות בשמירה והצלה, וישלח לנו משיחו ויגאלנו גאולה שלמה”.
Home Front Command “War Laws”……… Daas Torah?
Gerrer Purim Bans: “No Dancing In The Streets; No Purim Tisch; No Parties At Yeshivos”
The Gerrer chassidus announced, in a recorded message sent to thousands of its yeshiva bochurim ahead of Purim, that due to the war with Iran, no organized activities will take place at yeshivos, and each bochur should spend Purim at home.
The bochurim were instructed that there should be no gathering or dancing in the streets, and they should not travel from city to city for seudos. The bochurim were also instructed not to organize their own minyanim but to daven only in established shtiebelach.
Bochurim are permitted to visit their Rabbanim from yeshiva, but not in large groups
Kriyas Megillah with the Gerrer Rebbe is expected to take place on a limited scale, rather than with all the chassidim as in previous years. The Purim tish will not be held.
Meanwhile, B’Chadrei Charedim reported that Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion proposed to the Home Front Command that Chassidish courts be allowed to hold their Purim wine seudos in municipal parking lots that have been approved as protected spaces. The initiative is currently under review.
WARTIME PURIM: Shailos U’Teshuvos Of HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Zilberstein
As Operation Roaring Lion continues, many asked shailos on how to act if a siren sounds in the middle of Kriyas Megillah. The following piskei halacha by HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Zilberstein were published on the Siach Yitzchak hotline, based on clear instructions he issued before Purim during the 1991 Gulf War.
A. Can one recite Tehillim (if a siren sounds) in the middle of Kriyas HaMegillah?
If a siren sounds in the middle of Kriyas HaMegillah and people disperse to shelters or protected spaces, it is forbidden to interrupt (להפסיק) the Megillah reading — even to recite Tehillim, even between perakim—because that constitutes a full interruption (hefsek) and the entire goal of reciting Tehillim is to seek favor from Hakadosh Baruch Hu, and this is better achieved by avoiding issurim and not making a hefsek in the middle.
One may, however, silently think tefillos or pirkei Tehillim in one’s heart, or read midrashim or Rashi on the Megillah, which is allowed l’chatchilah even in the middle without fear of a hefesk, since they relate directly to the Megillah.
B. If part of the tzibur leaves for shelters—should the Kriyah continue?
If the majority of the minyan (six men) remains in the shul, mei’ikar hadin, the Kriyah may continue and be completed, including the bracha afterward ‘הרב את ריבנו.’ During the wait, people should not talk but rather learn Midrashim on the Megillah or Rashi.
C. From where do you resume Kriyah after the tzibur returns?
If the tzibur stayed in a clean place where it would have been halachically possible to read the Megillah, then even if a long time passed and even if they had to interrupt by talking, they resume from the point where they stopped and do not return to the beginning.
But if they were in a shelter that is not halachically clean (a place where one may not read the Megillah), or if such a long time passed that they could have completed the entire Megillah from start to finish during that interval, then they must go back and read from the beginning. In that case, they do not repeat the brachos, as long as they never fully removed their mind (hesach da’as) from the mitzvah.
D. Are the brachos repeated when they continue the Kriyah?
When the tzibur regathers and continues from where they left off, if they did not divert their minds (hesach da’as) from the Megillah, they do not recite the brachos again.
If their attention was diverted from the mitzvah, they must repeat the bracha of ‘Al Mikra Megillah’ (but not the other brachos).
E. Siren between the brachos and the Kriyah
If a siren sounds immediately after the three brachos were recited, but before the Kriyah began, or right after finishing the Kriyah but before reciting ‘הרב את ריבנו’, the following applies:
If they then spoke or lost focus on the mitzvah (hesach da’as), the brachos must be repeated (and it appears they should also repeat “She’asa Nissim” and “Shehecheyanu”).
But if they managed to read even one word of the Megillah (for example, “Vayehi”) before the interruption, this already counts as beginning the mitzvah, and the original brachos remain valid.
Therefore, if a siren sounds between the brachos and Megillah, the Shliach Tzibur should quickly recite at least one word of the Megillah as soon as he completes the brachos in order not to invalidate them.
F. Limmud Torah before Seduas Purim—a Segulah to be saved from the dangers of wartime.
During the Gulf War, HaRav Zilberstein provided an eitzah regarding Seduas Purim during wartime, based on the Rema, who writes that ‘it is good to study a bit of Torah before starting the Seudah, as hinted by the verse “LaYehudim Hay’sa Oorah V’simcha” – “Orah” meaning Torah.
The Rema in his sefer Darkei Moshe quotes מהר”י ברין: ‘It’s a mitzvah to be oisek in Torah before the Seduah, and it protects a person from mishaps during the seudah.”
HaRav Zilberstein applies this to wartime. “If one learns Torah before the Seduah, it serves as a segulah that no danger or harm from the terrors of war will befall them, and that the Torah will shield us so that no ‘sound of the trumpet of war’ reaches us.”
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
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