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Megilah Chart #6

Megilah Daf 24a

IS IT PERMITTED TO SKIP FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER
IN A SEFER DURING A PUBLIC "KERI'AH?"
  (A)
WITHIN ONE SUBJECT		 (B)
TO ANOTHER SUBJECT 		(C)
TO ANOTHER BOOK
1) TORAH One may skip to where one can roll the scroll while the Turgeman translates(1) Asur(2) Asur
2) NEVI'IM Mutar(3) One may skip to where one can roll while the Turgeman translates(1) Asur(4)
3) TREI ASAR Mutar(3) One may skip to where one can roll the scroll while the Turgeman
translates(1) 		One may skip to where one can roll the scroll while the Turge- man translates (5)(6)
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FOOTNOTES:
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(1) According to the RAMBAM (Hilchos Tefilah 12:13), this means that he is given the entire time until the Turgeman stops translating to find the next portion that he will read. According to the RA'AVAD (cited by the Kesef Mishnah), it means that he is given a bit *less* than the time that it takes the Turgeman to finish, so that *before* he has finished translating, the Ba'al Korei has already found the new place to read.
(2) This is because skipping from one subject to another will confuse the listeners (Tiruf ha'Da'as), who then will not make an effort to understand the Keri'ah (RASHI).
(3) The Gemara is not clear whether, in this case, one may skip only as far as it takes the Turgeman to finish translating, or one may skip to wherever he wants. It seems that it is permitted to skip as far as he wants. However, the RAMBAM (Hilchos Tefilah 12:13) rules that *whenever* it is permitted to skip, it is only permitted to skip as far as it takes the Turgeman to finish translating.
(4) This is because skipping from one Sefer to another causes excessive confusion among the listeners (RASHI). However, the RITVA permits skipping to another Sefer (while the Turgeman is translating). He explains that the Gemara only said that it was Asur because in a normal case of skipping to a different Sefer, it takes longer to roll to the other Sefer than it does for the Turgeman to finish translating (but if he could reach another Sefer while the Turgeman is still translating, it seems that it would be Mutar, according to the Ritva; see SEFAS EMES). According to the Ritva, therefore, skipping to another book is exactly like skipping to another subject. As such, Nevi'im and Trei Asar have the same Halachos with regard to skipping, according to the Ritva, the only difference being that normally skipping from one book in Trei Asar to another book in Trei Asar does not take longer than it takes the Turgeman to finish translating.
(5) This is clear from TOSFOS in Yoma (70a). The reason must be that since the books are not long and they are always learned together, skipping from one book in Trei Asar to another in Trei Asar will not cause confusion to the listeners. According to the RITVA, we wrote above (fn. #4) that Trei Asar and Nevi'im have the same Halachos.
(6) However, one may not skip by reading *backwards* from one book to another. It would seem that the same should be true when reading in a single Sefer of Navi; one should not be permitted to skip backwards even in the same subject. However, the KESEF MISHNAH (Hilchos Tefilah 12:13) infers from the Gemara that in a single Sefer of Trei Asar, it is permitted to skip from the end to the beginning, and it is only prohibited to skip from one Sefer in Trei Asar to an earlier Sefer. It is not clear what his reasoning is to differentiate (see Sefas Emes).

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