See Megillah 14b for a criticism of Deborah in this connection. |
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And now that I've found a hairstyle that suits the inexorable genetic progress of hair erasure, it gives me pause to reflect on the whole megillah of pateness, as you put it. |
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We fasted for Yom Kippur, read from the megillah for Purim, and said bruchas over every meal. |
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This is, in fact, widely discussed in halakhah concerning the rules for the reading of the megillah on Purim. |
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It is enjoyed by young and old, who sometimes wear costumes at services that symbolize the characters recounted in the megillah, the scroll used to tell the story. |
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