The opening lesson of the bat mitzvah track: why women are obligated to hear the Megillah, and what it teaches about Esther.
ואמר רבי יהושע בן לוי: נשים חייבות במקרא מגילה, שאף הן היו באותו הנס.
Women are obligated to read the Megillah, for they too were part of that miracle.
Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi explains women’s obligation in Megillah reading by saying that ‘they too were part of that miracle.’
חייב אדם לקרות את המגילה בלילה ולשנותה ביום,
Read at night and again by day.
Does repeat it mean studying its Mishnah by day?
The Gemara explains: read the Megillah itself again by day.
Write three lines: what did Esther herself do so that the miracle happened?
A partner in the miracle is a partner in the mitzvah.
Test yourself before marking the lesson complete.
What is the reason women are obligated?
