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With regard to children, the Shulchan Aruch writes that it is worthwhile to bring them to shul to hear the
Megilla. However, the Mishna Berura warns that one should ensure that they don’t disturb others listening
to the Megilla.

a Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 689:6 ו:טפרת ח״וא | ע״וש . 27

It is a good custom to bring young boys and girls to hear the Megilla. עומשל תונטקו םינטק איבהל בוט גהנמ
.הליגמ ארקמ

a Mishna Berura 689:18 חי:טפרת | הרורב הנשמ . 28

Now due to our many sins the opposite has happened; not only דבלש ,אוה ךופהנ םיברה וניתונוועב וישכע
do they not listen, they also interrupt to the point where even the םגש ,םילבלבמ םה אלא םיעמוש םניאש
adults cannot listen, and they only come to hit [when hearing םתאיב לכו עומשל םילוכי םניא םילודגה
the name of] Haman, and the father doesn’t fulfill the mitzva באה ןיא הזבו ,ןמה תא תוכהל קר אוה
of chinuch (educating one’s children) through this at all. And in תוצמ דצמ תמאבו .ללכ ךוניח תוצמ םייקמ
truth, from the perspective of the mitzva of chinuch, each father םינטקה וינב קיזחהל בא לכ ךירצ ךוניח
should hold his young children close to him and oversee them so
that they hear the reading, and when the reader reaches the name ,האירקה ועמשיש םהילע חיגשהלו ולצא
of Haman ha’agagi, the child is permitted to hit as is the custom, יאשר יגגאה ןמה םש רוכזל ארוקה עיגישכו
but this should not be the primary reason for bringing the child הז היהיש אל לבא ,וגהנמכ ותוכהל ןטקה
to shul. :שרדמה תיבל ןטקה תאבה רקיע

The Halacha of a Megilla Missing Words and a Person who
Missed a Few Words During the Reading

If a few words or verses were omitted from the Megilla when it was written, the Gemara rules that the Megilla
is still kosher, on condition that the majority of the Megilla is written and the ba’al korei (the reader) reads
the missing words orally. The Ran cites the Rashba who adds that if the missing section is at the beginning
or end of the Megilla, even a small amount would invalidate the Megilla. These rulings are quoted by the
Shulchan Aruch and Rema.

a Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 690:3 ג:צרת ח״וא | ע״וש . 29
One needs to read it completely and from the scroll, and if one םאו ;בתכה ךותמו ,הלוכ התורקל ךירצ
read it by heart, one hasn’t fulfilled one’s obligation. Ideally, it הבותכ אהתש ךירצו .אצי אל ,הפ לע הארק
should all be written before him, but if the scribe left out a few םא דבעידב לבא ,הלחתכל וינפל הלוכ
words in the middle, even up to half of [the Megilla], and the דע וליפא ,תובית העצמאב רפוסה טימשה
reader said them by heart, he has fulfilled his obligation.
.אצי ,הפ לע ארוקה םארקו ,היצח
Rema: However, if he omitted [words] at the beginning or end ,הפוס וא התלחת טימשה םא לבא :הגה
of the Megilla, even a minority, he has not fulfilled his obligation,
and even in the middle [it is valid] only if he didn’t leave out an אקוד העצמאב ’יפאו ;אצי אל ,הטועמ ’יפא
entire topic. .םלש ןינע טימשה אלד

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