(Mishnah): If one read [the Megilah] Seirugin (intermittently) or while dozing, he was Yotzei.

If one [read it wile he] was writing it, expounding it or proofreading it, if he intended [to be Yotzei], he was Yotzei. If not, he was not Yotzei.

If it was written in Sam, Sikra (types of dye), Kumus (sap), Kankantom (vitriol, i.e. a yellow earth), on paper or Diftera (a hide salted and treated with flour, but not with gallnuts), he was not Yotzei. One is Yotzei only if the Megilah is written in Ashuris, in a Sefer, with ink.

(Gemara - Beraisa): [If one read] Seirugin, he was Yotzei. [If it was] Seirusim, he was not Yotzei. Seirugin is segments (with pauses in between). Seirusim is [he reads a verse] and skips [a verse and] reads [a verse].

R. Chagi: Seirugin, Chaluglugos (in the Mishnah Shevi'is 9:1), and whether "the Gadol'' depends on Chachmah or years - the Talmidim did not know these. They said, let us go ask Rebbi's house;

They went to ask, and said [discussed who should enter first...] A Shifchah came: out of Rebbi's house and said to them "[the greatest in] years should enter [first.''] This answered their third question. They] said "Ploni will enter [first, for he is oldest, and then] Ploni will enter...''

They started entering intermittently. She said to them "why do you enter Seirugin Seirugin?''

One of them was carrying Parchinin (a kind of vegetable), and they fell from him. She told him "Rebbi, your Chaluglugos scattered.'' She said [to another servant] "bring a Metatei'', and she brought a broom. (This taught Chachamim what is "b'Mat'atei ha'Shemad'' - Yeshayah 14:23.)

(R. Mana citing R. Yudah citing R. Yosi ha'Gelili): If one paused enough to read the entire [Keri'as Shma], he did not fulfill his obligation.

(R. Ba citing Rav Yirmeyah citing Rav): The Halachah follows R. Mana in the name of R. Yosi ha'Gelili [regarding] one who paused in it.

(R. Yochanan citing R. Shimon ben Yehotzadak): The same applies to Hallel and Megilah.

Aba bar Huna and Rav Chisda were sitting. They said "does the same apply to Teki'os?''

They went to Rav's house. Rav Huna said in the name of Rav "even if he heard [the nine Teki'os] at nine times [during the day], he was Yotzei.''

(R. Ze'irah): When I was there (in Bavel), I did not know [whether one may hear the Teki'os b'Seirugin]. When I came to here (Eretz Yisrael), I heard R. Yosa say in the name of R. Yochanan that even if he heard [the Teki'os] over the course of the entire day, he was Yotzei. This is if he heard them in order (Teki'ah Teru'ah Teki'ah...)

Question (R. Yosah): If [Reuven] needs to hear a Pashut (sound, i.e. Teki'ah) at the beginning [of Teki'ah Teru'ah Teki'ah], and [Shimon] needs to hear a [Teki'ah] at the end [of Teki'ah Teru'ah Teki'ah], can one Teki'ah be Motzi both of them? (This is not resolved.)

Question (R. Bun bar Chiyah): (We ruled that if one paused in Kri'as Shma enough to read all of it, he was not Yotzei. What is "all of it?'' Is it) Kri'as Shma and its Brachos (if one paused in them enough to read all of them, he was not Yotzei), or [the time to read Kri'as Shma] without its Brachos [if one paused in Kri'as Shma, and [if one paused in the Brachos, the time for] the Brachos without [Kri'as Shma]?

Question: If one paused [enough to read] a third of it, and returned [to read] and paused a third a third [and again a third time], what is the law?

Question: Do we gauge [the time to read it] based on the reader, or on an average person?

Answer (Rav Matanyah): Is it not reasonable [that it depends] on the reader?! (Pnei Moshe.)

Menasheh was sitting in front of R. Zeirah (who was reading the Megilah), and he dozed. [R. Zeirah] told him "read it again, for you did not have intent'' (Mordechai. The Mishnah is Machshir one who dozed while reading, but not one who dozed while listening.)

Inference: The Mishnah discusses one who was writing the Megilah [while reading it]. This teaches that it one may do Melachah [on Purim]!

Rebuttal: We can say that [Melachah is forbidden on the primary day of Purim. The Mishnah discusses when the 15th was on Shabbos, and he was reading] on the 14th, in a Kerach. (Therefore, Melachah was permitted.)

Pesak: [The Mishnah says that he was Yotzei if] he was expounding it [while reading it]. This is only if he does not divert himself to [discuss] other matters.

(Mishnah): Or he was proofreading it.

(Beraisa): We are not particular about mistakes in it.

R. Yitzchak bar Aba of Chasiyah and Rav Chananel were sitting in front of Rav. One read "Yehudim'', and one read "Yehudiyim'', and not one of them returned [to read again like the other opinion, since the meaning is the same].

R. Yochanan read all of them "Yehudim'' (even where it is written with two Yudim).

Question (R. Chelbo citing R. Yirmeyah citing Rav): It says "Sefer'', and it says "Igeres''!

Answer: "Igeres'' teaches a leniency. If he sews [parchments together with] two or three stitches, it is Kosher.