Study Megillah folio 30B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
And which is the 4th Shabbat? The Shabbat of whichever week during which the New Moon of Nisan occurs, and this is the case even if it occurs on Friday.
§ The Mishnah states: On the fifth Shabbat, we resume the regular weekly order. The Talmud clarifies the Mishnah’s intent: To the order of what does one resume? R' Ami said: One resumes the regular weekly order of Torah portions. R' Ami holds that on the weeks on which the special portions are rea
Abaye said: It stands to reason that one should rule in accordance with the opinion of R' Ami, as we learned in the Mishnah: For all special days, we interrupt the regular order of readings, and a special portion relating to the character of the day is read. This applies to the New Moons, to Hanukka
Abaye explains his proof: Granted, according to the one who said that one resumes the regular weekly order of Torah portions, this statement in the Mishnah is referring to the fact that there is a reading of the weekly Torah portion on weekdays. If one of the special days listed in the Mishnah occu
And the other one, R' Yirmeya, would counter: This case is as it is, and that case is as it is. On days when there is a haftara, the reference in the Mishnah is to the order of the haftarot. On weekdays, when there is no haftara, the reference is to the order of the Torah readings. Therefore, no p