if one neither drank alcohol nor slept on purim, what mitzva did they
violate? were they yotzeh the mitzva of eating a seuda on purim?
ie is there a 5th mitzva of the day to be intoxicated/unconscious[ for
those who hold you are yotze with sleep] ; or is it inherent in the 4th
mitzva of seuda, and actually a required component of that requirement ;
or neither
: if one neither drank alcohol nor slept on purim, what mitzva did they
: violate? were they yotzeh the mitzva of eating a seuda on purim?
http://www.torahmusings.com/2013/02/drinking-on-purim-2/
http://www.torahmusings.com/2014/03/drinking-on-purim-3/
The Ran, the Baal haMaor, the Shibolei haleqet, the Bach, the Taz
and the Arukh haShulchan say there is no such chuyuv. Not as an
actual mandatory obligation.
The Baal haMaor reads the gemara as "Rabba Shechat lei leR' Zeira
is the masqana, and one is not supposed to drink on Purim.
And then...
It's a whole sugya, those two posts -- by R MD Lebovitz (and reviewed by
R's Ben-Zion Shiffenbaur and R' Y Belsky) and R' Arie Enken, respectively
-- have very different but consistent descriptions of it.
Tir'u baTov!
-Micha
For the record, the verb shachat in Akkadian (Babylonian) means "attack", rather than "slaughter".
If you have no problem viewing baruch Mordechai and arur Haman as the same thing all the time (not getting into the argument again), would you still have to drink or sleep according to those who say it is a chiyuv?
Lisa
:> The Baal haMaor reads the gemara as "Rabba Shechat lei leR' Zeira
:> is the masqana, and one is not supposed to drink on Purim.
:
: For the record, the verb shachat in Akkadian (Babylonian) means
: "attack", rather than "slaughter".
But it continues (Megillah 7b) "lemachar, ba'ei Rachmei ve'achyeih". R
Zeira required revival afterward.
The story could be ahistorical or it could be guzma. But I do think
the usual (for Aramaic) shachat = slaughtered is intended.
Tir'u baTov!
-Micha