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ברכות וקללות. אין מפסיקין בקללות, אלא אחד קורא את כולן.
they read the portion of blessings and curses (Leviticus, chapter 26). One should not interrupt the reading of the curses by having two different people read them. Rather, one person reads all of them.
בשני ובחמישי, בשבת במנחה — קורין כסדרן, ואין עולים להם מן החשבון.
On Mondays, and on Thursdays, and on Shabbat during the afternoon service, they read in accordance with the regular weekly order, i.e., they proceed to read the first section of the Torah portion that follows the portion that was read on the previous Shabbat morning. However, these readings are not counted as a progression in the reckoning of reading the Torah portions, i.e., they do not proceed on Monday to read the section that immediately follows the section read on Shabbat during the afternoon, and then the following section on Thursday. Rather, until the reading on the following Shabbat morning, they return to and read the same first section of the Torah portion that follows the portion that was read on the previous Shabbat morning.
שנאמר: ״וידבר משה את מועדי ה׳ אל בני ישראל״, מצותן שיהו קורין כל אחד ואחד בזמנו.
On Festivals and holidays, they read a portion relating to the character of the day, as it is stated: “And Moses declared to the children of Israel the appointed seasons of YHWH” (Leviticus 23:44), which indicates that part of the mitzva of the Festivals is that the people should read the portion relating to them, each one in its appointed time.
גמ׳ תנו רבנן: בפסח קורין בפרשת מועדות ומפטירין בפסח גלגל, והאידנא דאיכא תרי יומי, יומא קמא — בפסח גלגל, ולמחר — בפסח יאשיהו.
Talmud: A baraita states: On the 1st day of Passover, the congregation reads from the portion of the Festivals (Leviticus 22:26–23:44), and they read as the haftara the account of the Passover celebrated at Gilgal (Joshua 5:2–14). The Talmud comments: And nowadays, in the Diaspora, when there are two Festival days of Passover, on the 1st day they read as the haftara the account of the Passover celebrated at Gilgal, and on the next day they read from the account of the Passover observed by Josiah (II Kings 23).
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