Study Megillah folio 24A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
And with regard to the Prophets, one may read to the translator 3 verses at a time. With respect to the Torah, an incorrect translation might lead to an error in practice, but this concern does not apply to the Prophets. If the 3 verses constitute 3 separate paragraphs, that is to say, if each ver
One may skip from one place to another while reading the Prophets, but one may not skip from one place to another while reading the Torah. How far may he skip? As far as he can, provided that the translator will not conclude his translation while the reader is still rolling the scroll to the new loc
Talmud: The Talmud asks: Corresponding to what were these 3 verses, i.e., the minimal Torah reading, instituted? Rav Asi said: They correspond to the Torah, Prophets, and Writings.
We learned in the Mishnah: And when it is being translated, one should not read to the translator more than one verse at a time. And with regard to the Prophets, he may read to the translator 3 verses at a time. If the 3 verses constitute 3 separate paragraphs, he must read them to the translator s
§ We learned further in the Mishnah: One may skip from one place to another while reading the Prophets, but one may not skip from one place to another while reading the Torah. The Talmud raises a contradiction from a Mishnah (Yoma 68b): On Yom Kippur, the High Priest reads the section beginning wit