Study Megillah folio 19A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
Kankantom is what is called in Aramaic ḥarta de’ushkafei, a black dye used by shoemakers. Diftera is hide that was processed with salt and flour, but not with gallnuts. Neyar is known in Aramaic as maḥaka, paper made from reeds.
§ It was taught in the Mishnah: He does not fulfill his obligation unless the Megilla is written in Ashurit. The Talmud explains the reason for this: As it is written concerning the Megilla: “According to their writing and according to their time” (Esther 9:27), i.e., the way it was originally writ
The Mishnah concludes: He does not fulfill his obligation unless the Megilla is written “upon parchment and with ink.” The Talmud asks: From where do we derive this? The Talmud answers: It is derived by way of a verbal analogy between one instance of writing and another instance of writing. It is w
Mishnah: With regard to a resident of an unwalled town who went to a walled city, where the Megilla is read on the 15th of Adar, and conversely, a resident of a walled city who went to an unwalled town where it is read on the 14th, the following distinction applies: If he is destined to return to
Beginning from where must a person read the Megilla in order to fulfill his obligation? R' Meir says: He must read all of it. R' Yehuda says: He need read only from “There was a certain Jew” (Esther 2:5). R' Yosei says: From “After these things” (Esther 3:1).