Drunkenness on Purim, March 14 & 21

The approaches of the principle poskim to the question of drunkenness on Purim: Is drunkenness permitted, prohibited, or optional?
Are the rules the same for women as for men?
The sources will be in Hebrew. In class we will translate and explain them.
In addition to being one of Rabbi Brovender's first students, Rabbi Dovid Fink is an outstanding expertᅠand teacher of Halacha. Rabbi Fink received his Rabbinic ordination from ITRI and the Mir and was awarded his Ph.D in Semitic Languages and Linguistics from Yale University. Rav Fink has taught thousands of students from all over the world for over 35 years.