Special Reading from the Prophets for Shabbat and Holidays

Which Sections May Not be Read

Which Sections May Not be Translated

Monday and Thursday: Megillah 21a
Shabbat Afternoon: Megillah 21a
On the First of the Month: Megillah 21a
On the Intermediate Days of Holidays: Megillah 21a
On Holidays: Megillah 21a
On the Day of Atonement: Megillah 21a
On Shabbat: Megillah 21a

Hashem promised King David that we would use his name [in the Blessing]: Pesachim 117b
The "Magen Dovid" Blessing is parallel to "Matzmiach Keren Yeshuah [Who Nurtures the Horn/Base of Salvation]" of the Amidah, except that the latter is a request and this is praise: Pesachim 117b

Allowing a minor to read: Megillah 24a
The reader is also called up to the Torah, out of respect for the Torah: Megillah 23a-b
Having the reader of the Prophets also lead a special service skipping part of the Blessings of the Shema: Megillah 24a-b
Having the reader of the Prophets also lead the raising of the hands of the Kohanim to conduct a blessing to the people: Megillah 24a-b
Having the reader of the Prophets also lead the general prayers; if he is a minor, who replaces him: Megillah 24a-b
How many readers one can have simultaneously: Megillah 21b
Whether the number of people called up includes the person called up for the Special Reading from the Prophets: Megillah 23a

Requiring a quorum: Megillah 23b
Minimum number of verses: Megillah 23a-b
Reading less than 21, if that completes a topic: Megillah 23b
Reading less than 21 if there is a translator: Megillah 23b
Skipping verses: Megillah 24a
Backtracking verses: Megillah 24a
Skipping between two topics, as opposed to within a topic: Megillah 24a

How many translators one can have simultaneously: Megillah 21b
The maximum number of verses which may be read before the translation begins: Megillah 24a

For Shabbat which is the First of the Month: Megillah 31a
For Shabbat which is the day before the First of the Month: Megillah 31a
The first days of Pesach: Megillah 31a
Shabbat of the intermediate days of Pesach: Megillah 31a
The last days of Pesach: Megillah 31a
Shavuot: Megillah 31a
Shabbat which is the 1st of Av: Megillah 31b
On the 9th of Av: Megillah 31b
Rosh HaShanah: Megillah 31a
Yom Kippur: Megillah 31a
The afternoon of Yom Kippur: Megillah 31a
The first days of Succot: Megillah 31a
Shabbat of the intermediate days of Succot: Megillah 31a
The last days of Succot: Megillah 31a
The [2] Shabbat[ot] of Chanukah: Megillah 31a
For the special 4 Torah Readings around the month of Adar: Megillah 30a
If Shabbat is also the 1st of Adar: Megillah 29b, 30a


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