## Megillah Daf 29b

###### Megillah 29b:1
[Megillah 29b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/29b:1)

וְעַל הַכִּלְאַיִם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** a public announcement is made **concerning** the need to uproot any instances of **diverse kinds** that have grown in the fields.


###### Megillah 29b:2
[Megillah 29b:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/29b:2)

בִּשְׁלָמָא עַל הַכִּלְאַיִם — דִּזְמַן זְרִיעָה הִיא, אֶלָּא עַל הַשְּׁקָלִים מְנָלַן?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **Granted,** an announcement is made **concerning** the need to uproot **diverse kinds, as** the beginning of the month of Adar **is a time of sowing.** Instances of diverse kinds are already noticeable, and therefore it is a fitting time to deal with the matter. **But** with regard to the announcement **concerning the** half-**shekels, from where do we** derive that it should be made at this point in the year?


###### Megillah 29b:3
[Megillah 29b:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/29b:3)

אָמַר רַבִּי טָבִי אָמַר רַבִּי יֹאשִׁיָּה, דְּאָמַר קְרָא: ״זֹאת עוֹלַת חוֹדֶשׁ בְּחׇדְשׁוֹ״, אָמְרָה תּוֹרָה: חַדֵּשׁ וְהָבֵא קׇרְבָּן מִתְּרוּמָה חֲדָשָׁה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Tavi said** that **Rabbi Yoshiyya said:** It is **as the verse states: “This is the burnt-offering of each New Moon in its renewal** throughout the months of the year” (Numbers 28:14). **The Torah says:** There is a month in which you must begin to **renew and bring the** daily and additional **offering from** animals purchased with **the new collections** of half-shekels collected that year. Each year a collection is made with which to finance the purchase of communal offerings for the following year. Offerings during that year may be purchased only from collections made for that year.


###### Megillah 29b:4
[Megillah 29b:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/29b:4)

וְכֵיוָן דִּבְנִיסָן בָּעֵי אַקְרוֹבֵי מִתְּרוּמָה חֲדָשָׁה, קָדְמִינַן וְקָרֵינַן בְּאֶחָד בַּאֲדָר, כִּי הֵיכִי דְּלַיְתוֹ שְׁקָלִים לַמִּקְדָּשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Elsewhere it is derived through a verbal analogy that the yearly cycle begins with the month of Nisan. **And since** starting from and **during** the month of **Nisan** the offerings **must be brought from the new collections** of half-shekels, it is necessary to make the collection in the preceding month, i.e., in Adar. Therefore, **they advance** the reading of *Shekalim*, **and they read** it **on the first of Adar, in order that** the people **will** be reminded to **bring the** half-**shekels to the Temple** in good time.


###### Megillah 29b:5
[Megillah 29b:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/29b:5)

כְּמַאן — דְּלָא כְּרַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל. דְּאִי רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל, הָאָמַר שְׁתֵּי שַׁבָּתוֹת, דְּתַנְיָא: שׁוֹאֲלִין בְּהִלְכוֹת הַפֶּסַח קוֹדֶם לְפֶסַח שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם. רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר: שְׁתֵּי שַׁבָּתוֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **In accordance with whose** opinion is the mishna taught? It is **not in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel, for if** someone would suggest that it is in accordance with the opinion of **Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel,** one could counter: **Didn’t he say** that **two weeks** is a sufficient period of preparation? **As it is taught** in a *baraita*: **We** begin to **inquire into the *halakhot* of Passover thirty days before Passover. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says:** We begin to inquire only **two weeks** before Passover. As such, it should be sufficient to announce the collection of half-shekels from two weeks before Nisan, and there should be no need to advance the announcement to the beginning of Adar, as stated in the mishna.


###### Megillah 29b:6
[Megillah 29b:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/29b:6)

אֲפִילּוּ תֵּימָא רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל, כֵּיוָן דְּאָמַר מָר: בַּחֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר בּוֹ שׁוּלְחָנוֹת יוֹשְׁבִין בַּמְּדִינָה וּבְעֶשְׂרִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה יוֹשְׁבִין בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ — מִשּׁוּם שׁוּלְחָנוֹת קָדְמִינַן וְקָרֵינַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Even** if **you say** that the mishna is in accordance with the opinion of **Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel,** it is possible that even he agrees that the announcement concerning the collection of the half-shekels should be made on the first of Adar, **since the Master said: On the fifteenth** of Adar money-changing **tables** for collecting the half-shekels **are set up throughout the country, and on the twenty-fifth** of Adar **they are set up in the Temple. Because of** the possibility to donate the half-shekels at **the tables** already from the fifteenth, **they advance** the reading of *Shekalim* to inform people of that possibility **and read it** two weeks earlier, on the first of Adar.


###### Megillah 29b:7
[Megillah 29b:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/29b:7)

מַאי פָּרָשַׁת שְׁקָלִים? רַב אָמַר: ״צַו אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵיהֶם אֶת קׇרְבָּנִי לַחְמִי״. וּשְׁמוּאֵל אָמַר: ״כִּי תִשָּׂא״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The Gemara clarifies which passage is read: **What is** this **portion of *Shekalim*? Rav said:** It is the portion of **“Command the children of Israel, and say to them: My offering, the provision** of My offerings made by fire” (Numbers 28), which details the daily and additional offerings. **And Shmuel said:** It is the portion of **“When you take the count”** (Exodus 30:11–16).


###### Megillah 29b:8
[Megillah 29b:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/29b:8)

בִּשְׁלָמָא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר ״כִּי תִשָּׂא״, הַיְינוּ דְּקָרֵי לַהּ פָּרָשַׁת שְׁקָלִים — דִּכְתִיב בַּהּ ״שְׁקָלִים״. אֶלָּא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר ״אֶת קׇרְבָּנִי לַחְמִי״, הָכָא מִידֵּי ״שְׁקָלִים״ כְּתִיבִי הָתָם? אִין, טַעְמָא מַאי — כִּדְרַבִּי טָבִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Granted, according to the one who said** that it is the portion of **“When you take the count,” this is** the reason **that it is called the portion of *Shekalim*, for** the obligation to give half-**shekels is written in** that portion. **However, according to one who said** that it is the portion of **“My offering, the provision** of My offerings,” why should that portion be read? **Is there anything written** about the half-**shekels here?** The Gemara answers: **Yes. What is the reason** that they are collected in Adar? **As per** the explanation **of Rabbi Tavi,** the half-shekels are collected to be used for the coming year’s daily and additional offerings. Therefore, reading the portion concerning those offerings will serve well as a reminder for people to donate.


###### Megillah 29b:9
[Megillah 29b:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/29b:9)

בִּשְׁלָמָא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר ״צַו אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל״ — מִשּׁוּם דִּכְתִיבִי ״קׇרְבָּנוֹת״ הָתָם, כִּדְרַבִּי טָבִי. אֶלָּא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר ״כִּי תִשָּׂא״, ״קׇרְבָּנוֹת״ מִי כְּתִיבִי? שְׁקָלִים לָאֲדָנִים כְּתִיבִי!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Granted, according to the one who said** that it is the portion of **“Command the children of Israel:** My offering, the provision of My offerings,” it is logical to read that portion, **because the offerings** that will be purchased with the half-shekels **are written there, as per** the explanation **of Rabbi Tavi. However, according to one who said** that it is the portion of **“When you take the count,”** why should that portion be read? **Is** anything about **the offerings written** in that portion? The collection of half-**shekels for** use in the construction of **the sockets** of the Tabernacle **are** the only thing **written** in that portion. What does that have to do with the collection of half-shekels for the purchase of offerings that is held in the month of Adar?


###### Megillah 29b:10
[Megillah 29b:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/29b:10)

כִּדְתָנֵי רַב יוֹסֵף: שָׁלֹשׁ תְּרוּמוֹת הֵן. שֶׁל מִזְבֵּחַ לַמִּזְבֵּחַ, וְשֶׁל אֲדָנִים לָאֲדָנִים, וְשֶׁל בֶּדֶק הַבַּיִת לְבֶדֶק הַבַּיִת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: The selection of that portion is **in accordance with** the explanation of the portion **that Rav Yosef taught:** The three instances of the word: Contribution, in that portion teach that **there were three contributions** of half-shekels: The contribution **of the altar** is **for** the purchase of communal offerings to be sacrificed on **the altar; and** the contribution **of the sockets** is **for** constructing **the sockets; and** the contribution **of the Temple maintenance** is **for the Temple maintenance.** Therefore, according to Rav Yosef, it is understandable why the portion of “When you take the count” is read. It deals explicitly with the collection of half-shekels.


###### Megillah 29b:11
[Megillah 29b:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/29b:11)

בִּשְׁלָמָא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר ״כִּי תִשָּׂא״, הַיְינוּ דְּשָׁנֵי הַאי רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ מִשְּׁאָר רָאשֵׁי חֳדָשִׁים,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks further: **Granted, according to the one who said** that it is the portion of **“When you take the count,” this is what is different** about **this New Moon** of Adar **and other New Moons** when they occur on Shabbat. On the New Moon of Adar, “When you take the count” is read because it describes the collection of half-shekels. On other New Moons, when they occur on Shabbat, the portion of “Command the children of Israel” is read because it mentions the additional offerings brought on Shabbat and the New Moon.


###### Megillah 29b:12
[Megillah 29b:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/29b:12)

אֶלָּא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר ״צַו אֶת קׇרְבָּנִי״, מַאי שָׁנֵי? שָׁנֵי, דְּאִילּוּ רָאשֵׁי חֳדָשִׁים קָרוּ שִׁיתָּא בְּעִנְיָינָא דְיוֹמָא וְחַד בִּדְרֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ, וְאִילּוּ הָאִידָּנָא — כּוּלְּהוּ בִּדְרֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**However, according to the one who said** that **“Command** the children of Israel, and say to them: **My offering,” what is different** about the portion read on the New Moon of Adar and the portion read on other New Moons when they occur on Shabbat, for the same portion is read in all cases? The Gemara answers: They are **different: For** on other **New Moons,** when they occur on Shabbat, **six** people **read from** the regular weekly portion **of the matter of the day and one** reads **from** the portion for **the New Moon, whereas now,** on the New Moon of Adar, if it occurs on Shabbat, **all** seven read from the portion of **the New Moon.**


###### Megillah 29b:13
[Megillah 29b:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/29b:13)

הָנִיחָא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר לְסֵדֶר פָּרָשִׁיּוֹת הוּא חוֹזֵר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: This answer **works out well according to the one who said that** when the mishna states that on the fifth Shabbat, we resume the regular order of readings. The intention is that **one resumes the** regular weekly **order** of Torah **portions.** This implies that on the previous four *Shabbatot*, the regular portion was not read at all. Rather, only the special portions delineated in the mishna were read. Therefore, it makes sense to say that all seven people read from the special portion.


###### Megillah 29b:14
[Megillah 29b:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/29b:14)

אֶלָּא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר לְסֵדֶר הַפְטָרוֹת הוּא חוֹזֵר, וּפָרַשְׁתָּא דְיוֹמָא קָרֵינַן, מַאי שָׁנֵי?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**However, according to the one who says** that the mishna’s intention is that **one resumes the** regular **order of concluding** readings from the Prophets [***haftarot***], **and** on the previous *Shabbatot* **one also reads from** the regular portion **of the matter of the day, then** the original question stands: **What is different** about the portion read on the New Moon of Adar and the portion read on other New Moons when they occur on Shabbat?


###### Megillah 29b:15
[Megillah 29b:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/29b:15)

שָׁנֵי, דְּאִילּוּ רָאשֵׁי חֳדָשִׁים קָרוּ שִׁיתָּא בְּעִנְיָינָא דְיוֹמָא וְחַד קָרֵי בִּדְרֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ, וְאִילּוּ הָאִידָּנָא — קָרוּ תְּלָתָא בְּעִנְיָינָא דְיוֹמָא, וְאַרְבְּעָה קָרוּ בִּדְרֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: They are **different: For whereas** on other **New Moons,** when they occur on Shabbat, **six** people **read from** the regular weekly portion **of the matter of the day and one** reads **from** the portion for **the New Moon, now,** on the New Moon of Adar, if it occurs on Shabbat, **three** people read from the regular weekly portion **of the matter of the day and four read from** the portion for **the New Moon.**


###### Megillah 29b:16
[Megillah 29b:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/29b:16)

מֵיתִיבִי: רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ אֲדָר שֶׁחָל לִהְיוֹת בַּשַּׁבָּת קוֹרִין בְּפָרָשַׁת שְׁקָלִים, וּמַפְטִירִין בִּיהוֹיָדָע הַכֹּהֵן. בִּשְׁלָמָא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר ״כִּי תִשָּׂא״, הַיְינוּ דְּמַפְטִירִין בִּיהוֹיָדָע הַכֹּהֵן — דְּדָמֵי לֵיהּ, דִּכְתִיב: ״כֶּסֶף נַפְשׁוֹת עֶרְכּוֹ״,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara **raises an objection** from the *Tosefta* (*Megilla* 3:1): When **the New Moon of Adar occurs on Shabbat, they read the** Torah **portion of *Shekalim*, and they read as the *haftara*** the story involving **Jehoiada the priest** (II Kings 12:1–17). **Granted, according to the one who said** that *Shekalim* is the portion of **“When you take the count,” this is** the reason **that they read as the *haftara*** the story involving **Jehoiada the priest: Because it is comparable** in content **to** the Torah reading, **as it is written** in the story of Jehoiada: **“The money of his assessment of persons”** (II Kings 12:5), which is referring to his collection of the half-shekels, and the *haftara* should always contain a theme similar to the Torah reading.


###### Megillah 29b:17
[Megillah 29b:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/29b:17)

אֶלָּא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר ״אֶת קׇרְבָּנִי לַחְמִי״, מִי דָּמֵי? דָּמֵי, כִּדְרַבִּי טָבִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**However, according to the one who said** that **“My offering, the provision** of My offerings” is read as the portion of *Shekalim*, **is** the *haftara* **comparable** to that portion? **It is comparable, as per** the explanation of **Rabbi Tavi:** It is appropriate to read the portion about offerings because the collection of half-shekels is for that purpose.


###### Megillah 29b:18
[Megillah 29b:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/29b:18)

מֵיתִיבִי: חָל לִהְיוֹת בַּפָּרָשָׁה הַסְּמוּכָה לָהּ, בֵּין מִלְּפָנֶיהָ וּבֵין מִלְּאַחֲרֶיהָ — קוֹרִין אוֹתָהּ וְכוֹפְלִין אוֹתָהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara **raises an objection** from a *baraita*: If the New Moon of Adar **occurs on** the Shabbat on which **the portion** to be read for the regular weekly reading **is adjacent to** the portion read as *Shekalim*, **whether** on the Shabbat **preceding** the Shabbat on which *Shekalim* will be read as part of the weekly reading **or following it,** then **they read and repeat** *Shekalim* on both *Shabbatot*, one time as the special portion *Shekalim* and the other as part of the regular order.


###### Megillah 29b:19
[Megillah 29b:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/29b:19)

בִּשְׁלָמָא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר ״כִּי תִשָּׂא״ הַיְינוּ דְּמִתְרְמֵי בְּהָהוּא זִימְנָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Granted, according to the one who said** that the portion of **“When you take the count”** is read as *Shekalim*, **this is** how it is possible: **That** portion **could occur at that time** in the yearlong cycle of the order of readings. In the regular order of reading, “When you take the count” is often read during the beginning of Adar.


###### Megillah 29b:20
[Megillah 29b:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/29b:20)

אֶלָּא לְמַאן דְּאָמַר ״צַו ... אֶת קׇרְבָּנִי״, מִי מִתְרְמֵי בְּהָהוּא זִימְנָא? אִין — לִבְנֵי מַעְרְבָא דְּמַסְּקִי לִדְאוֹרָיְיתָא בִּתְלָת שְׁנִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**However, according to the one who said** that the portion of **“Command** the children of Israel, and say to them, **My offering”** is read as *Shekalim*, **does** that portion **ever occur at that time** of the year? That portion usually occurs much later in the year, in the summer. The Gemara answers: **Yes,** it sometimes occurs that this portion is read during the beginning of Adar, **for the people of the West,** i.e., Eretz Yisrael, **who complete** the cycle of reading **the Torah** not in one year but **in three years.**


###### Megillah 29b:21
[Megillah 29b:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/29b:21)

תַּנְיָא כְּווֹתֵיהּ דִּשְׁמוּאֵל: רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ אֲדָר שֶׁחָל לִהְיוֹת בְּשַׁבָּת, קוֹרִין ״כִּי תִשָּׂא״ וּמַפְטִירִין בִּיהוֹיָדָע הַכֹּהֵן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**It is taught** in a *baraita* **in accordance with** the opinion of **Shmuel: When the New Moon of Adar occurs on Shabbat, they read** the portion of **“When you take the count,” and they read as the *haftara*** the story involving **Jehoiada the priest.**


###### Megillah 29b:22
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אָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק נַפָּחָא: רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ אֲדָר שֶׁחָל לִהְיוֹת בַּשַּׁבָּת — מוֹצִיאִין שָׁלֹשׁ תּוֹרוֹת, וְקוֹרִין בָּהֶן אֶחָד בְּעִנְיָינוֹ שֶׁל יוֹם, וְאֶחָד בְּשֶׁל רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ, וְאֶחָד בְּ״כִי תִשָּׂא״. וְאָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק נַפָּחָא: רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ טֵבֵת שֶׁחָל לִהְיוֹת בַּשַּׁבָּת — מְבִיאִין שָׁלֹשׁ תּוֹרוֹת, וְקוֹרִין בָּהֶן אֶחָד בְּעִנְיָינוֹ שֶׁל יוֹם, וְאֶחָד בִּדְרֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ, וְאֶחָד בַּחֲנוּכָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rabbi Yitzḥak Nappaḥa said:** When **the New Moon of Adar occurs on Shabbat,** the congregation **takes out three Torah scrolls** from the ark **and reads from them.** From the first **one,** they read the portion of the regular weekly reading **of the matter of the day; and** from the second **one** they read the portion **for the New Moon; and** from the third **one** they read *Shekalim*, which begins with **“When you take the count.” And Rabbi Yitzḥak Nappaḥa** further **said:** When **the New Moon of Tevet,** which always falls during Hanukkah, **occurs on Shabbat, they bring three Torah scrolls and read from them.** From the first **one,** they read **the** portion of the regular cycle of reading **of the matter of the day; and** from the second **one,** they read the portion **for the New Moon; and** from the third **one,** they read the portion **for Hanukkah.**


###### Megillah 29b:23
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וּצְרִיכָא, דְּאִי אִיתְּמַר בְּהָא — בְּהָא קָאָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק, אֲבָל בְּהָךְ — כְּרַב סְבִירָא לֵיהּ, דְּאָמַר פָּרָשַׁת שְׁקָלִים ״אֶת קׇרְבָּנִי לַחְמִי״, וּבִשְׁתֵּי תוֹרוֹת סַגִּי, קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara comments: **And** it is **necessary** for Rabbi Yitzḥak Nappaḥa to state the *halakha* in both cases, **as, if it had been stated** only **with regard to** the New Moon of Tevet, one could have mistakenly thought that only **with regard to that** case **does Rabbi Yitzḥak** Nappaḥa **state** that three Torah scrolls are used. **But with regard to** the New Moon of Adar, one might think that **he holds in accordance with** the opinion of **Rav, who said** that **the portion of *Shekalim* is** the portion of **“My offering, the provision** of My offerings,” **and two Torah** scrolls will therefore **suffice,** since the same portion is used both for the portion for the New Moon and for the portion of *Shekalim*. Therefore, he **teaches us** that three Torah scrolls are used even on the New Moon of Adar.


###### Megillah 29b:24
[Megillah 29b:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/29b:24)

וְלֵימָא הָא וְלָא בָּעֲיָא הָךְ! חֲדָא מִכְּלַל חֲבֶירְתָּהּ אִיתְּמַר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **But,** based on that logic, **let** Rabbi Yitzḥak just **say** the *halakha* **with respect to this** case of the New Moon of Adar, **and there would be no need** to state **that** case of the New Moon of Tevet. The Gemara answers: Indeed, **one was stated from the other by inference,** i.e., Rabbi Yitzḥak Nappaḥa stated the *halakha* explicitly only with regard to the New Moon of Adar, and it was inferred that the same is true of the New Moon of Tevet.


###### Megillah 29b:25
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אִיתְּמַר: רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ טֵבֵת שֶׁחָל לִהְיוֹת בַּחוֹל, אָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק: קָרוּ תְּלָתָא בְּרֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ, וְחַד בַּחֲנוּכָּה. וְרַב דִּימִי דְּמִן חֵיפָא אֲמַר: קָרוּ תְּלָתָא בַּחֲנוּכָּה, וְחַד בְּרֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ An amoraic dispute **was stated:** When **the New Moon of Tevet occurs on a weekday,** what Torah portion is read? **Rabbi Yitzḥak** Nappaḥa **said: Three** people **read** from the portion **for the New Moon, and one** reads from the portion **for Hanukkah. And Rav Dimi of Haifa said: Three read** from the portion **for Hanukkah, and one** reads from the portion **for the New Moon.**


###### Megillah 29b:26
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אָמַר רַבִּי מָנִי: כְּווֹתֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי יִצְחָק נַפָּחָא מִסְתַּבְּרָא, דְּתָדִיר וְשֶׁאֵינוֹ תָּדִיר תָּדִיר קוֹדֵם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Mani said: It stands to reason** to rule **in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Yitzḥak Nappaḥa, for** it is already an established principle that when **a frequent** practice **and an infrequent** practice conflict, the **frequent** practice **takes precedence** over the infrequent practice. Since the portion for the New Moon is read more frequently than the portion for Hanukkah, it should be given greater prominence.


###### Megillah 29b:27
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אָמַר רַבִּי אָבִין: כְּווֹתֵיהּ דְּרַב דִּימִי מִסְתַּבְּרָא, מִי גָּרַם לָרְבִיעִי שֶׁיָּבֹא — רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ, הִלְכָּךְ רְבִיעִי בְּרֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ בָּעֵי מִיקְרֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Avin said: It stands to reason** to rule **in accordance with** the opinion of **Rav Dimi,** for the following reason: **What caused the fourth** person **to come** and read from the Torah? **The New Moon,** as on the other days of Hanukkah only three people read from the Torah. **Therefore,** it is only logical that **the fourth person should read** from the portion **for the New Moon.**


###### Megillah 29b:28
[Megillah 29b:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/29b:28)

מַאי הָוֵי עֲלַהּ? רַב יוֹסֵף אָמַר: אֵין מַשְׁגִּיחִין בְּרֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ, וְרַבָּה אָמַר: אֵין מַשְׁגִּיחִין בַּחֲנוּכָּה, וְהִלְכְתָא: אֵין מַשְׁגִּיחִין בַּחֲנוּכָּה, וְרֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ עִיקָּר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What** halakhic conclusion **was** reached **about** this matter? **Rav Yosef said: We do not concern ourselves** with making the portion for **the New Moon** the primary reading. Rather, three people read from the portion for Hanukkah, and only the fourth reads the portion for the New Moon. **And Rabba said: We do not concern ourselves with** making the portion for **Hanukkah** the primary reading. Rather, three people read from the portion for the New Moon, and only the fourth reads the portion for Hanukkah. The Gemara concludes: **And the *halakha*** is that **we do not concern ourselves with** making the portion for **Hanukkah** the primary reading, **and** therefore the portion for **the New Moon is primary.**


###### Megillah 29b:29
[Megillah 29b:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/29b:29)

אִיתְּמַר: חָל לִהְיוֹת בִּ״וְאַתָּה תְּצַוֶּה״, אָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק נַפָּחָא: קָרוּ שִׁיתָּא מִ״וְּאַתָּה תְּצַוֶּה״ עַד ״כִּי תִשָּׂא״, וְחַד מִ״כִּי תִשָּׂא״ עַד ״וְעָשִׂיתָ״. אָמַר אַבָּיֵי:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ An amoraic dispute **was stated:** If the Shabbat on which the portion of *Shekalim* is to be read **occurs on** the Shabbat in which the regular weekly portion is **“And you shall command”** (Exodus 27:20–30:10), what should be done? **Rabbi Yitzḥak Nappaḥa said: Six** people **read from** the portion **“And you shall command,” until** but not including the weekly portion of **“When you take the count”** (Exodus 27:20–30:10), **and one** person reads the portion of *Shekalim* **from “When you take the count,” until** but not including the verse: **“And you shall make** a copper laver” (Exodus 30:11–16). **Abaye said:**