Halocho #1669 - Remember: Come to shul this week!

There is an opinion that it's a Torah obligation to hear Parshat Zachor being read in shul this week, and if you don't have a Minyan near home you need to go to a town with a Minyan for this Shabbat.

If a Minyan cannot be found, Parshat Zachor should be read even without a Minyan. The verses are:

זָכ֕וֹר אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר-עָשָׂ֥ה לְךָ֖ עֲמָלֵ֑ק בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ בְּצֵאתְכֶ֥ם מִמִּצְרָֽיִם:  אֲשֶׁ֨ר קָֽרְךָ֜ בַּדֶּ֗רֶךְ וַיְזַנֵּ֤ב בְּךָ֙ כָּל-הַנֶּחֱשָׁלִ֣ים אַֽחַרֶ֔יךָ וְאַתָּ֖ה עָיֵ֣ף וְיָגֵ֑עַ וְלֹ֥א יָרֵ֖א אֱ-לֹקִים:  וְהָיָ֡ה בְּהָנִ֣יחַ ה' אֱ-לֹקיךָ | לְ֠ךָ מִכָּל-אֹ֨יְבֶ֜יךָ מִסָּבִ֗יב בָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר ה' אֱ֠-לֹקיךָ נֹתֵ֨ן לְךָ֤ נַחֲלָה֙ לְרִשְׁתָּ֔הּ תִּמְחֶה֙ אֶת-זֵ֣כֶר עֲמָלֵ֔ק מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם לֹ֖א תִּשְׁכָּֽח

Here is the English translation of the verses read for Parshat Zachor, from Devarim 25:17-19 (the last 3 verses in Parshas כִּי תֵצֵא):

Remember what Amalek did to you on the way, when you were leaving Egypt.
How he met you on the way, and smote the feeble lagging behind, when you were faint and weary; and he feared not Gcd.
Therefore it shall be, when Hashem your Gcd has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which Hashem your Gcd is giving you as an inheritance to possess, you shall blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; do not forget!

 Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 140:3

Shabbat Shalom

- Danny
Thursday, 7 Adar-II 5776

יֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים, כִּי פָּרָשַׁת זָכוֹר וּפָרָשַׁת פָּרָה, חַיָבִים לִקְרוֹתָן מִדְּאוֹרַיְתָא, וְאֵין קוֹרִין בָּהֶם קָטֹן לַמַּפְטִיר. וּבְנֵי הַיִשׁוּבִים שֶאֵין לָהֶם מִנְיָן, צְרִיכִין שֶׁיָבוֹאוּ לְמָקוֹם שֶׁיֵשׁ בּוֹ מִנְיָן. וְאִם אִי אֶפְשָׁר לָהֶם, לְכָל הַפָּחוֹת יִקְרְאוּ אוֹתָן בִּנְגִינוֹת כָּרָאוּי.