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one may not begin a new paragraph and read fewer than 3 verses from it. And if you say he should read two verses from this paragraph, i.e., the entire second paragraph, and then 3 verses from that final paragraph, only two verses will remain from the final paragraph. This is problematic because one
Rava said to him: I have not heard a solution for this problem from my teachers. However, with regard to a similar problem I heard a solution from them, as we learned in a Mishnah (Ta’anit 26a): On Sunday, the non-priestly watches would read two paragraphs from the Torah: “In the beginning” (Genesi
And we discussed this ruling and raised difficulties with it: Granted, the paragraph “Let there be a firmament” was read by one reader, as it consists of 3 verses. But how was the paragraph “In the beginning” read by two? It consists of only 5 verses, and it was taught in a Mishnah (23b): One who
And it was stated with regard to that Mishnah that the amora’im disagreed about how to divide the verses. Rav said: The second reader repeats the last verse that the first reader had recited, so that each of them reads 3 verses. And Shmuel said: The first reader divides the third verse and reads h
The Talmud explains the opinions of Rav and Shmuel. Rav said that the second reader repeats the last verse that the first reader recited. What is the reason that he did not state that the first reader divides the third verse, in accordance with the opinion of Shmuel? The Talmud answers: He holds tha