Le'ilui Neshamos of my grandmother z"l and grandfather z"l
1) Megilah 17a
"הַקּוֹרֵא אֶת הַמְּגִילָּה לְמַפְרֵע
לֹא יָצָא."
MISHNA: With regard to one who reads the Megilla out of order, [reading a later section first, and then going back to the earlier section], he has not fulfilled his obligation.
If he read it by heart, or if he read it in Aramaic translation or in any other language that he does not understand, he has not fulfilled his obligation. However, for those who speak a foreign language, one may read the Megilla in that foreign language. And one who speaks a foreign language who heard the Megilla read in Ashurit, i.e., in Hebrew, has fulfilled his obligation.
"הַקּוֹרֵא אֶת הַמְּגִילָּה לְמַפְרֵע
לֹא יָצָא."
MISHNA: With regard to one who reads the Megilla out of order, [reading a later section first, and then going back to the earlier section], he has not fulfilled his obligation.
If he read it by heart, or if he read it in Aramaic translation or in any other language that he does not understand, he has not fulfilled his obligation. However, for those who speak a foreign language, one may read the Megilla in that foreign language. And one who speaks a foreign language who heard the Megilla read in Ashurit, i.e., in Hebrew, has fulfilled his obligation.
More Sources: ¹
- The Sicha in Hebrew:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dTFY-l0A5IFJovU8PJLFfTlApUENLtKJ/view
- The Sicha in English (Adapted by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks in "Torah Studies" available on chabad.org; Source: Likutei Sichos, Vol. VI pp. 189 - 195):
https://www.chabad.org/therebbe/article_cdo/aid/110507/jewish/Torah-Studies-Purim.htm
- The Sicha in Yidish:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1crFbhOI7mO6C-z8mhawtPeFXNMrjROU4/view
- A summary of a Sicha about Purim from Likutei Sichos Volume VI:
https://www.mafteiach.app/likkutei_sichos/192/kitzur
- https://www.mafteiach.app/
- https://projectlikkuteisichos.org/
- https://projectlikkuteisichos.org/
- https://projectlikkuteisichos.org/