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142:8 One should not do (creative) work1 on Purim, and the one who does
on it (creative) work will not see from this same work a sign of
blessing for ever. If carried out by a non-jew, this is allowed. It's
allowed to carry on business activities and also allowed to write, even
a whole letter. Also (doing) one's accounts and anything else that does
not need great concentration. Certainly, one can write (concerning) a
commandment, or to do an activity (connected with) a commandment. Also
for Purim itself one is allowed to do even complete (creative) work.
1) One of the 39 specific categories of creative activity, such as planting seeds, kneading dough and construction, which are forbidden to do on Shabbat. |
אין לעשות מלאכה בפורים ומי שעושה בו מלאכה אינו רואה מאותה מלאכה סימן ברכה לעולם ועל ידי אינו יהודי מותר ומותר לעסוק בפרקמטיא וכן מותר לכתוב אפילו אגרת שלום וכן חובותיו וכל דבר שאינו צריך עיון גדול וכל שכן לכתוב דבר מצוה או לעשות שאר דבר מצוה וכן לצורך פורים מותר לעשות אפילו מלאכות גמורות |
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142:9 The fifteen of Adar is called by us Shushan Purim.1 One does not
say on it the supplicatory prayers, nor ''O G-d, slow to anger...'', nor
Psalm 20. It is forbidden also to give a funeral eulogy, or to fast, and
it is customary to have some feasting and joy but one does not say ''For
the miracles...''. One can have on it weddings because we don't read on
it the Megillah. However, on the day that we do read the Megillah, which
is the core of the celebration, one does not make weddings, because one
should not mix one celebration with (another) celebration.
1) The Jews of Shushan achieved final victory against their enemies on the fifteenth of Adar, and so held their celebrations on that day, one day later than the Jews throughout the rest of the Persian empire. Shushan (along with any city which had a wall at the time that Joshua conquered the Land of Israel in 1272 BCE), read the Megillah on the 15th. | יום ט''ו אדר נקרא אצלנו שושן פורים אין אומרים בו תחנון ולא אל ארך אפים ולא למנצח ואסור גם בהספד ותענית ונוהגין בו קצת משתה ושמחה אבל אין אומרים על הנסים ומותרין לעשות בו נישואין כיון שאין אנו קורין בו את המגילה אבל ביום שקורין את המגילה שאז עיקר השמחה אין עושין נישואין משום דאין מערבין שמחה בשמחה |
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142:10 On the fourteen and fifteen of Adar I 1 we also do not say
neither the supplicatory prayers, nor ''O G-d, slow to anger...'', nor
Psalm 20. It is forbidden to give a funeral eulogy, or to fast. On the
fourteenth we have a slightly larger meal.
1) A lunar year is approximately 11 days shorter than the solar year; so, in order to keep the Jewish festivals (which are based on the lunar cycle) in the correct seasons (e.g. Pesach in the spring), an extra month of Adar is added every 3rd, 6th, 9th, 11th, 14th, and 17th years out of the cycle of 19 years. During a leap year, Purim is on the 14th and 15th of the second month of Adar. | יום י''ד וט''ו שבאדר הראשון גם כן אין אומרים לא תחנון ולא אל ארך אפים ולא למנצח ואסורין בהספד ותענית וביום י''ד מרבים קצת בסעודה |
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