Megillah Shiur#27 YCQ - Jun 18, 2024 - Do rabbis from a different community have any say regarding the status of synagogues in another community? In which circumstances to rabbis dictate an outcome? Why are synagogues holy? Are Purim and Chanuka, chagim? What bracha is recited when smelling an esrog? Is a synagogue's holiness, biblical? In which circumstances do we say that a man cannot make forbidden, something he does not own, and why? Is it proper to perform a wedding or bris in a synagogue? Should we serve Hashem in a manner that nachrim do? Should the chazan recite kidush in shul? Why recite chazaras hashatz, if no one is using it to fulfil the need to pray? In what situation is it appropriate to do a "half shemona esrei" by mincha? Does chumash contain five or seven books? Are minhagim to be observed if in conflict with a din? If learning torah is supreme, why go to funerals and weddings?