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The Mishnah lists the days on which the Megillah may be read under various circumstances: the eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, or fifteenth of Adar.
What is the source for these dates? The verse (Esther 9:21) explicitly states that the Megillah may be read on the fourteenth and the fifteenth of Adar. The Gemara derives from other verses that the Megillah may be read on the eleventh and twelfth of Adar.
We review the basics of our introductory Mishnah as well as the issue of women reading the Megillah.