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Pidyon Haben [1]
It is certainly[2] permitted to perform a Pidyon Haben [and its subsequent feast] on Purim.[3] [One can fulfill his Purim Seuda obligation with this meal if it is taking place during the day of Purim.[4]]
Q&A
May a Bar Mitzvah celebration meal take place on Purim?[5]
Yes. One can fulfill his Purim Seuda obligation with this meal if it is taking place during the day of Purim.
May a Hachnasas Sefer Torah celebration take place on Purim?[6]
Yes. However some[7] write one is to avoid doing so being that people get drunk and may not behave respectfully before the Sefer Torah.
[1] Rama 696/8
[2] As even on Chol Hamoed doing so is permitted [Darkei Moseh 696/5] unlike a wedding which is forbidden on Chol Hamoed.
[3] As these matters do not involve joy to the point we disallow coinciding it with the joy of Purim. [M”B 696/29]
[4] Piskeiy Teshuvos 696/13
[5] Piskeiy Teshuvos 696/13
[6] See Piskeiy Teshuvos 696 footnote 71; Nitei Gavriel 76/8
[7] Betzeil Hachochmah 3/5
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