The gemara writes that a person is obligated to read megillah at night and to repeat it -- l'shanosah -- during the day.
Yesh lachkor whether these are two separate chiyuvim, one to read at night and one to read during the day, or whether there is one chiyuv to read the megillah but that one chiyuv requires two readings to be fulfilled.
Nafka minah: what if, for some reason, a person cannot read the megillah during the day?
If day and night are independent chiyuvim, then just because the person can't read during the day shouldn't impact the chiyuv to read at night.
But if there is one chiyuv that can only be fulfilled by reading the megillah 2x -- by reading and **repeating** -- l'shanosah -- then if you can't do the reading during the day maybe there is nothing gained by reading at night since half a chiyuv is nothing. (Sefas Emes)
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This chakirah would seem to be the simple way of understanding the debate in the Rishonim if one says sheciyanu on the daytime reading
ReplyDeleteMaybe, maybe not. For example, the Aruch haShulchan quotes the din that if you say a she'hechiyanu when you built your sukkah you would not say a new she'hechiyanu on the yeshiva. Why here, he asks, do you need to say a she'hechiyanu during the day when you said one at night?
DeleteEven if the day chiyuv of megilah is independent of the night chiyuv, it should be no worse than saying a she'hechiyanu on building the sukkah, which is completely independent from the din of yeshiva.
V'yesh l'chakeik...
"maybe there is nothing gained"
ReplyDeleteklum? but doesn't 'one reading + credit for 2nd (tries {or would try} but oneis prevents) = bingo!'?