• Democracy/Halacha Pamphlet
  • Orr Party
  • Talk Reason
  • Reference
  • Support Us
  • Newsletter
שפות
  • enEnglish
    • heעברית
    • ruРусский
    • yiYiddish
    • frFrançais
Daat Emet
  • Torah, Science & Ethics
    • Pamphlets
    • Scientific Errors in Torah
    • Religion & Ethics
    • Mitzvahs
    • Religion Caught in Its Own Net
  • Torah & Talmud
    • Weekly Portion
    • Torah Text
    • Talmud Issues
    • Daily Peppers
  • Questions & Answers
  • Who We Are
    • About Daat Emet
    • Our Supporters
    • Support Us
  • Torah, Science & Ethics
    • Pamphlets
    • Scientific Errors in Torah
    • Religion & Ethics
    • Mitzvahs
    • Religion Caught in Its Own Net
  • Torah & Talmud
    • Weekly Portion
    • Torah Text
    • Talmud Issues
    • Daily Peppers
  • Questions & Answers
  • Who We Are
    • About Daat Emet
    • Our Supporters
    • Support Us
Daat Emet
  • Torah, Science & Ethics
    • Pamphlets
    • Scientific Errors in Torah
    • Religion & Ethics
    • Mitzvahs
    • Religion Caught in Its Own Net
  • Torah & Talmud
    • Weekly Portion
    • Torah Text
    • Talmud Issues
    • Daily Peppers
  • Questions & Answers
  • Who We Are
    • About Daat Emet
    • Our Supporters
    • Support Us
  • Torah, Science & Ethics
    • Pamphlets
    • Scientific Errors in Torah
    • Religion & Ethics
    • Mitzvahs
    • Religion Caught in Its Own Net
  • Torah & Talmud
    • Weekly Portion
    • Torah Text
    • Talmud Issues
    • Daily Peppers
  • Questions & Answers
  • Who We Are
    • About Daat Emet
    • Our Supporters
    • Support Us
When do residents of Tiberias celebrate Purim?
Home » Daily Peppers
Yaron Yadan Yaron Yadan 03/11/2009
When do residents of Tiberias celebrate Purim?

The early sages drew a distinction between cities which were surrounded by a wall in the era of Joshua son of Nun and all other cities which were not surrounded by walls. The former celebrate Purim and read the megillah on the 15th of Adar and the latter on the 14th of Adar. One of the sages, Chezkiyah, celebrated Purim and read the megillah in Tiberias on both the 14th and the 15th of Adar. Why did he celebrate both days despite the requirement to celebrate only on one day? Answer: The sage Chezkiyah did not know whether Tiberias was considered a city walled in during the era of Joshua son of Nun, which should celebrate Purim on the 15th of Adar, or a city not walled in during that era and so celebrates Purim on the 14th of Adar. Due to this doubt he celebrated both days, the 14th of Adar and the 15th. The scholars asked: Why did the sage Chezkiyah have doubts? The book of Joshua states that the city of Tiberias was surrounded by a wall. “Chamat, Reket and Kineret were walled cities at that time.” The sages believed that the Scriptural Reket was Tiberias. This shows that Tiberias was a walled city in the era of Joshua son of Nun. Answer: The sage Chezkiyah was unsure of whether Tiberias is considered a walled city, as its eastern side was surrounded by water and not a wall. What are the reasons for Chezkiyah’s doubts? The reason why a distinction was drawn between cities walled an unwalled! On one hand, one could say that the distinction is drawn because a walled city is hidden and an unwalled city is open to all, and since Tiberias is open on one side, it is to be considered unwalled. On the other hand, one could say that the distinction is drawn because a walled city is protected from its enemies and an unwalled city is not. Since Tiberias is surrounded by a wall and water it is protected, and so should be considered a walled city.
(Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Megillah 5

About the Author

Yaron Yadan

ירון ידען View all posts by Yaron Yadan

ירון ידען (נולד בטבריה ב-8 בדצמבר 1961) הוא פעיל חברתי ומייסד ארגון "דעת אמת" העומד בראש מפלגת אור.

Additional Peppers
A boy becomes a man when he grows two hairs, even from the same follicle

A boy becomes a man when he grows two hairs, even from the same follicle

Though a woman is pre-ordained to marry a specific man, prayers that she will die rather than marry him may work

Though a woman is pre-ordained to marry a specific man, prayers that she will die rather than marry him may work

What is permitted and what is forbidden in conjugal relations?

What is permitted and what is forbidden in conjugal relations?

If a girl is raped and dies, does her rapist have to pay a fine to her father?

If a girl is raped and dies, does her rapist have to pay a fine to her father?

Does a woman whose hymen was torn by a stick have the marriage rights of a virgin or a non-virgin?

Does a woman whose hymen was torn by a stick have the marriage rights of a virgin or a non-virgin?

Is a woman allowed to go out on the Sabbath with a tampon?

Is a woman allowed to go out on the Sabbath with a tampon?

Does a slave go free if his master castrates him? What is the rule if the master removes his tongue?

Does a slave go free if his master castrates him? What is the rule if the master removes his tongue?

daat-emet-logo-white-small-2להצטרפות לרשימת התפוצה   |   תמכו בנו

מייל: daatemet.org@gmail.com
כתובת: ת"ד 1019 קרית טבעון 36015
טלפון: 6106688 - 03

© 2016 כל הזכויות שמורות לדעת אמת.
Skip to content
Open toolbar

Accessibility Tools

  • Increase Text
  • Decrease Text
  • Grayscale
  • High Contrast
  • Negative Contrast
  • Light Background
  • Links Underline
  • Readable Font
  • Reset