Q. Rov. Another question for a Happy Purim Katan. Is it true that the spirit of the great Purim also rests on the small one? Should one great another on Purim Kattan with the blessing of a “Frailechn Purim”?
A, Nitei Gavriel (Purim 16: 10) quotes Admor of Sanz zt’l that it does, based on the Mishna (Megila 7b) that the only differences between the first and second Purim are the reading of the Megila and the gift to the poor.
He mentions the minhag of Chassidim to light many candles and celebrate with joy.
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that every individual should follow the Minhogim and traditions of his community.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit’a