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1) PARSHAS SHEKALIM

(a) Question (Abaye): If so, people will not notice that anything is different (since the reading is in order).
(b) Suggestion (Abaye): 6 read the normal Parsha and Ki Tisa; the 7th repeats Ki Tisa.
(c) Question (Beraisa): If Parshas Shekalim is the normal weekly Parsha for the previous or coming week, we read it twice.

1. This is like Abaye, who says that the 7th person repeats Ki Tisa, and unlike R. Yitzchak Nafcha.
2. Counter-question: When Parshas Shekalim was the previous week, why should we read it twice this week?
3. Answer: Even Abaye must admit, 'we repeat it' means, it is repeated the next week.

(d) (R. Yitzchak Nafcha): If Parshas Shekalim falls on Ki Tisa, 6 read from the end of Parshas Shekalim until the end of Ki Tisa, and the 7th reads Parshas Shekalim.
(e) Question (Abaye): People will say, he is reading retroactively!
(f) Suggestion (Abaye): 6 read Ki Tisa entirely, and the 7th repeats Parshas Shekalim.

1. A Beraisa supports Abaye.

(g) Rosh Chodesh Adar which falls on Friday - Rav: we read Parshas Shekalim the previous Shabbos.

1. (Shmuel): We read it the next day.
2. Rav says we read early, so there should be 2 weeks before the tables are set up.
3. Shmuel says that since the 15th will fall on Friday, the tables are not set up until Sunday the 17th, so we can read on Adar 2, and still have 2 weeks.

(h) (Mishnah): If Rosh Chodesh Adar falls during the week, we read Parshas Shekalim the previous Shabbos, and the next week there is no special Parsha.

1. Suggestion: Even falling on Friday counts as during the week!
2. Rejection: Shmuel will say, that counts as falling on Shabbos.

(i) (Beraisa): The first (special) Shabbos is whichever Rosh Chodesh Adar falls *b'Sochah* (in it), even Friday.

1. Question (against Shmuel): The law is the same, whether Rosh Chodesh is in the week, or on Friday - we read the week before!
2. Answer: Shmuel says, the Beraisa says *Bah* (on it), i.e. falling on Friday is like falling on Shabbos.

(j) Tana'im also argued on this - (Beraisa): R. Yehudah ha'Nasi says, we skip a Shabbos; R. Shimon Ben Elazar says, when Rosh Chodesh Adar falls on Friday, we do not skip a Shabbos.
(k) When Rosh Chodesh falls during the week, we read the previous Shabbos, even though it is Shevat.

(a) When Purim falls on Friday, Rav says that we read Parshas Zachor the previous Shabbos;
(b) (Shmuel): It is read the following day.

1. Rav says that we read early, because the Zechirah (remembrance) should precede the Asiyah (the meal and Yom Tov).
2. Shmuel says that since walled cities celebrate the 15th (the next day), this is considered Zechirah and Asiyah coming together.

(c) (Mishnah): On the 2nd week we read Parshas Zachor.

1. Question (against Shmuel): If Rosh Chodesh is on Shabbos, Purim is on Friday, and the Mishnah says, we read Parshas Zachor the 2nd Shabbos!
2. Answer (Rav Papa): It means, the 2nd Shabbos from the break.

(d) (Beraisa): The 2nd Shabbos is whichever Purim falls *b'Sochah* (in it), even Friday.

1. Question (against Shmuel): The law is the same, whether Purim is in the week, or on Friday - we read the week before!
2. Answer: Shmuel says, the Beraisa says *Bah* (on it), i.e. falling on Friday is like falling on Shabbos.

(e) (Rav Huna): If Purim falls on Shabbos, all agree that we read on Purim;
(f) (Rav Nachman): Rav will still argue, and say that we read the week before.

1. (R. Chiya Bar Aba): Rav said so explicitly.

(g) (Beraisa): The 3rd week (when we read Parshas Parah Adumah) is the Shabbos after Purim.
(h) (R. Chama b'R. Chanina): The Shabbos before Rosh Chodesh Nisan.

1. They do not argue - R. Chama speaks when Rosh Chodesh Nisan is on Shabbos; the Beraisa, when it falls on any other day.

(i) (Mishnah): The 4th week we read "This Chodesh".
(j) (Beraisa): When Rosh Chodesh Adar falls on Shabbos, we read Ki Tisa, and Yehoyadah ha'Kohen as the Haftorah.
(k) The 1st Shabbos is the one that Rosh Chodesh Adar falls in, even if it falls on Friday.

1. On the 2nd Shabbos, we read Parshas Zachor and the Haftorah is "Pakadeti". The 2nd Shabbos is the one that Purim falls in, even if it falls on Friday.
2. The 3rd Shabbos we read Parshas Parah Adumah; the Haftorah is "Zarakti"; the 3rd Shabbos is the one after Purim.
3. The 4th Shabbos we read "This month", and the Haftorah is "So said Hashem".

4. The 4th Shabbos is the one that Rosh Chodesh Nisan falls in, even if it falls on Friday.

(a) (Mishnah): We return to the normal order on the 5th week.
(b) Opinion#1 (R. Ami): To the order of Torah portions (which was interrupted).
(c) Opinion#2 (R. Yirmiyah): To the order of Haftorahs.

1. Suggestion (Abaye): Presumably, R. Ami is correct - the Mishnah said that we interrupt for fasts and Ma'amados (which are on weekdays) - there is no Haftorah on weekdays!
2. Defense: R. Yirmiyah will say, regarding those, we return to the Torah portion.

(d) Question: Why must we interrupt on fasts - let us read the normal Parsha in the morning, and the Parsha for fasts in the afternoon!
(e) Answer: This supports Rav Huna, who said that we congregate in the morning on fasts (so there is no time to read the Torah).

1. (Abaye): Until midday, we investigate the matters of the city. The 3rd quarter of the day we read the Torah and Haftorah. The last quarter, we request mercy.

(f) Question: Perhaps the second half of the day should be for congregating!
(g) Answer: "At the end of the day ... (I spread my hands to Hashem)".

(a) (Mishnah): On Pesach we read the account of the festivals in Vayikra; on Shavuous, "7 weeks"; on Rosh Hashanah, "On the 7th month"; on Yom Kipur, "After the death"; on the 1st day of Sukos, the account of the festivals in Vayikra; on the other days of Sukos, the sacrifices of Sukos; on Chanukah, Chanukas ha'Mizbayach; on Purim, "And Amalek came"; on Rosh Chodesh, "b'Roshei Chadsheichem"; on Ma'amados, creation