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MI'SH'NICHNAS ADAR MARBIM B'SIMCHA
Last oppotunity for K.L. this month is Megila night (that is, Megila night for A.B.J. (all but Jerusalem).There is a dispute as to which comes first on Purim night, Megila or K.L. K.L. is both TADIR (more frequent) and more in danger of being lost because of clouds. These two reasons give it priority over Megila reading. The other opinion is that since people are in shul and to go out of shul to say K.L. would “violate” Do not pass over a mitzva (Megila in shul), Megila should be read first. The first opinion seems the favored. If K.L. time would expire before Megila reading would be over, then all would agree that K.L. should be said before Megila reading. If the shul said K.L. previously, an individual will have to wait until after Megila.

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