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<p style="text-align: justify"><span><strong><em><span><strong><u>What is the obligation – to read the Megillah or to hear it being read?</u></strong> </span><a href="#ftn1" name="ftnref1"><strong><span>[1]</span></strong></a></em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><span>One can fulfill his obligation either through reading the Megillah, or through hearing the Megillah read by another person which is obligated to read it.<a href="#ftn2" name="ftnref2">[2]</a> See Halacha 14-18 regarding the detailed laws of listening to a Megillah reading.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify"><span><a href="#ftnref1" name="ftn1">[1]</a> 689/2</span></p>
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Shulchan Aruch HaRav | What is the obligation

This article is an excerpt from our Sefer Buy me on Amazon.com What is the obligation – to read the Megillah or to hear it being read? [1] One can fulfill his obligation either through reading the Megillah, or through hearing the Megillah read by another person which is obligated to read