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Four extra parshiot -- Shekalim, Zachor, Parah, HaChodesh -- read between approximately Rosh Chodesh Adar and Rosh Chodesh Nisan.

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Reading only the Four Parshiyot?

While it used to be commonly assumed that they would just repeat the reading as often as necessary, evidence from the Cairo Geizah revealed they would add verses after the "main" sections to have enou …
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Is there any situation when the haftarah of Tetzaveh might be read during a non-leap year?

A counterexample: In 5781, Tetzavveh will be read on Shabbat 15 Adar and locations not celebrating Shushan Purim will read the ordinary Haftarah.
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Parshat Ki Tisa on Shabbat Shekalim

This question is discussed in the Bavli (Megillah 30a) and while one opinion recommends reading from Shemot 30:17 to the end of the Parsha, and then reading Shekalim at the end, the conclusion is in a …
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What is the source that Parshas Parah is from the Torah?

The Beit Yosef in OC 685 quotes Tosfot who says that Parashiyot Zachor and Parah are Biblical requirements. However, our versions of Tosfot do not have anywhere that Parah is Biblical. The Mishna Beru …
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Why are the commandments for Rosh Chodesh and Passover in the same paragraph?

The Kli Yekar explains that Nissan is the month when the sun is in the constellation Aries, a sheep. We know the Egyptians worshiped sheep (Genesis 46:34 and Exodus 8:22). By slaughtering a sheep in t …
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