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On [[Jewish holidays|Yom Tov]] the Torah is read during [[Shacharit]] services.
==Shalosh Regalim==
===Passover===
====First two days====
On the first day of [[Passover]], [[Book of Exodus|Exodus]] 12:21–51 is read.<ref>The Complete Artscroll Siddur, page 954</ref> This reading describes [[the Exodus]] from Egypt and the [[Passover offering]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/pesach_cdo/aid/372721/jewish/Passover-Torah-Readings.htm |title=Torah Readings - Study & History - Passover |publisher=Chabad |access-date=2011-03-28}}</ref>
When the first day of Passover falls out on a weekday, the individual readings are as follows:<ref name="Mangel 2007 496–498">{{cite book|last=Mangel|first=Rabbi Nisson|title=Siddur Tehillat Hashem|year=2007|publisher=Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch|location=Brooklyn |isbn=978-0-8266-0153-7|pages=496–498}}</ref> <br />
Reading 1:	   Exodus 12:21–24<br />
Reading 2:	   Exodus 12:25–28<br />
Reading 3:	   Exodus 12:29–36<br />
Reading 4:	   Exodus 12:37–42<br />
Reading 5:	   Exodus 12:43–51<br />
Maftir:	   [[Book of Numbers|Numbers]] 28:16–25<br />
Haftarah:	   [[Joshua]] 3:5–7, 5:2–6:1, 6:27
When the first day of Passover falls out on Shabbat, the individual readings are as follows:<ref name="Mangel 2007 496–498"/> <br />
Reading 1:	   Exodus 12:21–24<br />
Reading 2:	   Exodus 12:25–28<br />
Reading 3:	   Exodus 12:29–32<br />
Reading 4:	   Exodus 12:33–36<br />
Reading 5:	   Exodus 12:37–42<br />
Reading 6:	   Exodus 12:43–47<br />
Reading 7:	   Exodus 12:48–51<br />
Maftir:	   Numbers 28:16–25<br />
Haftarah:	   Joshua 3:5–7, 5:2–6:1, 6:27
On the second day of Passover in the [[Diaspora]], the reading is the same as for the [[#Sukkot|first day of Sukkot]], namely, Leviticus 22:26–23:44, which sets forth the holidays throughout the year, and the sacrifices for each. The second day of Passover cannot occur on Shabbat. The individual readings are as follows:<ref>{{cite book|last=Mangel|first=Rabbi Nisson|title=Siddur Tehillat Hashem|year=2007|publisher=Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch|location=Brooklyn |isbn=978-0-8266-0153-7|pages=498–501}}</ref> <br />
Reading 1:	[[Leviticus]] 22:26–23:3<br />
Reading 2:	Leviticus 23:4–14<br />
Reading 3:	Leviticus 23:15–22<br />
Reading 4:	Leviticus 23:23–32<br />
Reading 5:	Leviticus 23:33–44<br />
Maftir:		Numbers 28:16–25<br />
Haftarah:	II Kings 23:1–9 and 21–25
In Israel, although the second day of Passover is the first day of Chol Hamoed, the reading is also from Leviticus 23:4–44, but it is divided into 3 readings instead of 5 readings, and the 4th reading is from Numbers 28:19–25, like every other day of Chol Hamoed.
====Chol HaMoed====
On the first day of [[Chol HaMoed]], [[Book of Exodus|Exodus]] 13:1–16 is read. This section describes the commandment not to eat or possess [[chametz]] on Passover and to tell the Passover story.<ref name="chabad.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.chabad.org/magazine/article_cdo/aid/117218/jewish/Passover-Torah-Readings.htm |title=Passover Torah Readings - Festivals & Special Readings - Parsha |publisher=Chabad |access-date=2011-03-28}}</ref>
On the second day of Chol HaMoed, [[Book of Exodus|Exodus]] 22:24–23:19 is read. The laws of the Jewish holidays are found in this reading.<ref name="chabad.org" />
On the third day of Chol HaMoed, [[Book of Exodus|Exodus]] 34:1–26 is read. This section describes [[Moses]] receiving of the second tablets of the [[Ten Commandments]] and God revealing the [[Thirteen Attributes of Mercy]].<ref name="chabad.org" />
On the fourth day of Chol HaMoed, [[Book of Numbers|Numbers]] 9:1–14 is read. This describes the laws of [[Pesach Sheni]].<ref name="chabad.org" />
When any of the days of Chol HaMoed falls out on Shabbat, [[Book of Exodus|Exodus]] 33:12–34:26 is read. (See [[#Shabbat Chol Hamoed|Shabbat Chol Hamoed]].)  When the first day of Chol Hamoed falls on shabbat, the readings for the first two days of Chol Hamoed are read the following two days, and the next day, the reading for the fourth day is read (since the reading for Shabbat Chol Hamoed is identical to the reading for the third day of Chol HaMoed).
When the first day of Chol Hamoed Passover falls out on a weekday, the individual readings are always as follows:<ref>{{cite book|last=Mangel|first=Rabbi Nisson|title=Siddur Tehillat Hashem|year=2007|publisher=Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch|location=Brooklyn |isbn=978-0-8266-0153-7|page=502}}</ref> <br />
Reading 1: Exodus 13:1–4<br />
Reading 2: Exodus 13:5–10<br />
Reading 3: Exodus 13:11–16<br />
Reading 4: Numbers 28:19–25
When the second day of Chol Hamoed Passover falls out on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Friday, the individual readings are as follows (if the second day of Chol Hamoed falls out on a Sunday, follow day 1 above):<ref>{{cite book|last=Mangel|first=Rabbi Nisson|title=Siddur Tehillat Hashem|year=2007|publisher=Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch|location=Brooklyn|isbn=978-0-8266-0153-7|page=503}}</ref> <br />
Reading 1: Exodus 22:24–26<br />
Reading 2: Exodus 22:27–23:5<br />
Reading 3: Exodus 23:6–19<br />
Reading 4: Numbers 28:19–25
When the third day of Chol Hamoed Passover falls out on Wednesday or Thursday, the individual readings are as follows (if the third day of Chol Hamoed falls out on a Monday, follow day 2 above):<ref>{{cite book|last=Mangel|first=Rabbi Nisson|title=Siddur Tehillat Hashem|year=2007|publisher=Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch|location=Brooklyn|isbn=978-0-8266-0153-7|page=504}}</ref> <br />
Reading 1: Exodus 34:1–3<br />
Reading 2: Exodus 34:4–17<br />
Reading 3: Exodus 34:18–26<br />
Reading 4: Numbers 28:19–25
The fourth day of Chol Hamoed Passover always falls out on a weekday. The individual readings are as follows:<ref>{{cite book|last=Mangel|first=Rabbi Nisson|title=Siddur Tehillat Hashem|year=2007|publisher=Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch|location=Brooklyn|isbn=978-0-8266-0153-7|page=505}}</ref> <br />
Reading 1: Numbers 9:1–5<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 9:6–8<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 9:9–14<br />
Reading 4: Numbers 28:19–25
When Shabbat coincides with one of the days of Chol Hamoed, the readings are as follows:<ref>{{cite book|last=Mangel|first=Rabbi Nisson|title=Siddur Tehillat Hashem|year=2007|publisher=Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch|location=Brooklyn |isbn=978-0-8266-0153-7|pages=506–509}}</ref><br />
Reading 1: Exodus 33:12–16<br />
Reading 2: Exodus 33:17–19<br />
Reading 3: Exodus 33:20–23<br />
Reading 4: Exodus 34:1–3<br />
Reading 5: Exodus 34:4–10<br />
Reading 6: Exodus 34:11–17<br />
Reading 7: Exodus 34:18:26<br />
Maftir: Numbers 28:19–25<br />
Haftarah: [[Ezekiel]] 37:1–14
====Last two days====
On the seventh day of Passover, [[Book of Exodus|Exodus]] 13:17–15:26 is read.<ref>The Complete Artscroll Siddur, page 962</ref> This contains the [[Song of the sea]].<ref name="chabad.org" />
When the seventh day of Passover falls out on a weekday, the individual readings are as follows:<ref name="Mangel 2007 509–513">{{cite book|last=Mangel|first=Rabbi Nisson|title=Siddur Tehillat Hashem|year=2007|publisher=Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch|location=Brooklyn |isbn=978-0-8266-0153-7|pages=509–513}}</ref> <br />
Reading 1: Exodus 13:17–22<br />
Reading 2: Exodus 14:1–8<br />
Reading 3: Exodus 14:9–14<br />
Reading 4: Exodus 14:15–25<br />
Reading 5: Exodus 14:26–15:26<br />
Maftir: Numbers 28:19–25<br />
Haftarah: [[II Samuel]] 22:1–51
When the seventh day of Passover falls out on Shabbat, the individual readings are as follows:<ref name="Mangel 2007 509–513"/> <br />
Reading 1: Exodus 13:17–13:19<br />
Reading 2: Exodus 13:20–13:22<br />
Reading 3: Exodus 14:1–4<br />
Reading 4: Exodus 14:5–8<br />
Reading 5: Exodus 14:9–14<br />
Reading 6: Exodus 14:15–25<br />
Reading 7: Exodus 14:26–15:26<br />
Maftir: Numbers 28:19–25<br />
Haftarah: II Samuel 22:1–51
The eighth day of Passover (which occurs in the Diaspora only) can occur on a weekday or Shabbat. When it occurs on a weekday, [[Deuteronomy]] 15:19–16:17 is read, which describes journeying to the [[Beit Hamikdash]] on the [[Shalosh Regalim]] and the [[counting of the Omer]].<ref name="chabad.org" /> The individual readings are as follows:<ref name="Mangel 2007 513–517">{{cite book|last=Mangel|first=Rabbi Nisson|title=Siddur Tehillat Hashem|year=2007|publisher=Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch|location=Brooklyn |isbn=978-0-8266-0153-7|pages=513–517}}</ref> <br />
Reading 1: Deuteronomy 15:19–23<br />
Reading 2: Deuteronomy 16:1–3<br />
Reading 3: Deuteronomy 16:4–8<br />
Reading 4: Deuteronomy 16:9–12<br />
Reading 5: Deuteronomy 16:13–17<br />
Maftir: Numbers 28:19–25<br />
Haftarah: Isaiah 10:32–12:6
When the eighth day of Passover falls out on Shabbat, in most communities<ref>In the Italian rite, they begin with [[Deuteronomy]] 15:12, see [https://www.nli.org.il/he/books/NNL_ALEPH001994499/NLI?volumeItem=3 Machzor Shadal] Volume 1, page 128a</ref> [[Deuteronomy]] 14:22–16:17 is read (this is the same reading as for [[Shemini Atzeret]] in the Eastern Ashkenazic rite). The individual readings are as follows:<ref name="Mangel 2007 513–517"/> <br />
Reading 1: Deuteronomy 14:22–29<br />
Reading 2: Deuteronomy 15:1–18<br />
Reading 3: Deuteronomy 15:19–23<br />
Reading 4: Deuteronomy 16:1–3<br />
Reading 5: Deuteronomy 16:4–8<br />
Reading 6: Deuteronomy 16:9–12<br />
Reading 7: Deuteronomy 16:13–17<br />
Maftir: Numbers 28:19–25<br />
Haftarah: [[Isaiah]] 10:32–12:6
===Shavuot===
[[Shavuot]] is a two-day holiday in the Diaspora; in Israel, it lasts only one day. On the first day, which cannot occur on Shabbat, the story of the giving of the [[Ten Commandments]] at [[Mount Sinai]], [[Book of Exodus|Exodus]] 19:1–20:23, is read.<ref>The Complete Artscroll Siddur, page 966</ref> The individual readings are as follows:<ref>{{cite book|last=Mangel|first=Rabbi Nissen|title=Siddur Tehillat Hashem|year=2007|publisher=Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch|location=Brooklyn|isbn=978-0-8266-0153-7|pages=520–523}}</ref><br />
Reading 1: Exodus 19:1–6<br />
Reading 2:Exodus 19:7–13<br />
Reading 3:Exodus 19:14–19<br />
Reading 4:Exodus 19:20–20:14<br />
Reading 5:Exodus 20:15:23<br />
Maftir: Numbers 28:26–31<br />
Haftarah: Ezekiel 1:1–28 and 3:12
====Akdamut====
In most Ashkenazic communities, a liturgical poem called '''[[Akdamut]]''' is recited, either after the first verse of the reading (the original practice, still preserved in some communities), or right before the blessing of the first Aliyah.
On the second day of Shavuot (which occurs in the Diaspora only), the reading is the same as for the eighth day of [[Passover]] if it falls on a weekday, namely, Deuteronomy 15:19–16:17. The reading describes journeying to the [[Beit Hamikdash]] on the [[Shalosh Regalim]] and the [[counting of the Omer]].<ref name="chabad.org" /> When the second day of Shavuot falls on Shabbat, the reading is the same as for the eighth day of Passover when it falls on the Sabbath, namely Deuteronomy 14:22–16:17 in most communities.
When the second day of Shavuot falls out on a weekday, the individual readings are as follows:<ref name="Mangel 2007 523–527">{{cite book|last=Mangel|first=Rabbi Nissen|title=Siddur Tehillat Hashem|year=2007|publisher=Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch|location=Brooklyn |isbn=978-0-8266-0153-7|pages=523–527}}</ref><br />
Reading 1: Deuteronomy	15:19–23<br />
Reading 2: Deuteronomy	16:1–3<br />
Reading 3: Deuteronomy	16:4–8<br />
Reading 4: Deuteronomy	16:9–12<br />
Reading 5: Deuteronomy	16:13–17<br />
Maftir: Numbers 28:26–31<br />
Haftarah: Habbakuk 2:20–3:19
When the second day of Shavuot falls out on Shabbat, in most communities<ref>In the Italian rite, they begin with [[Deuteronomy]] 15:12, see [https://www.nli.org.il/he/books/NNL_ALEPH001994499/NLI?volumeItem=3 Machzor Shadal] Volume 1, page 128a</ref> [[Deuteronomy]] 14:22–16:17 is read (this is the same reading as for [[Shemini Atzeret]] in the Eastern Ashkenazic rite). The individual readings are as follows:<ref name="Mangel 2007 523–527"/><br />
Reading 1: Deuteronomy	14:22–29<br />
Reading 2: Deuteronomy	15:1–18<br />
Reading 3: Deuteronomy	15:19–23<br />
Reading 4: Deuteronomy	16:1–3<br />
Reading 5: Deuteronomy	16:4–8<br />
Reading 6: Deuteronomy	16:9–12<br />
Reading 7: Deuteronomy	16:13–17<br />
Maftir: Numbers 28:26–31<br />
Haftarah: [[Habbakuk]] 2:20–3:19
====Yetziv Pitgam====
During the Haftarah of the second day of Shavuot (this second day is observed only in the Diaspora, not in Eretz Yisrael) a liturgical poem called '''Yetziv Pitgam''' is inserted in many communities<ref>It does not appear in the Western Ashkenazic Rödelheim machzorim, and despite being mentioned by the Maharil, it is not recited in any modern Western Ashkenazic communities.</ref> immediately after the first verse of Habakkuk chapter 3 (the second verse of the Haftarah) is read (from Habakkuk 2:20–3:19).<ref name="The Complete Artscroll Siddur page 969">The Complete Artscroll Siddur, page 969</ref> The song praises God as the Giver of the Torah and Creator of the universe.<ref>{{cite book |author=Isaac Neuman |author2=Michael Palencia-Roth |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wkjiO0df0YoC&dq=%22yetziv+pisgam%22&pg=PA90 |title=The narrow bridge: beyond the Holocaust |via=Google Books |publisher=University of Illinois Press |year=1990 |page=90 |isbn=9780252025617 |access-date=2011-03-28}}</ref> The beginning of each of the letters of its 15 verses spells out the name of its author, ''Yaakov beribi Meir Levi'';<ref name="The Complete Artscroll Siddur page 969" /><ref name="Macy Nulman 1993, page 375">Macy Nulman, ''The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer'' (1993, NJ: Jason Aronson) s.v. "Yetziv Pitgam" page 375.</ref> &nbsp; however, the last three lines, which provide the acrostic for "Levi" are suspected of being a later addition.  The "Jacob son of Rab Meir" is commonly thought to identify ''[[Rabbeinu Tam]]''—Rabbi Jacob Tam of 12th century France and grandson of [[Rashi]].<ref>Philip Birnbaum, ''Prayer Book for the Three Festivals'' (1971, NY, Hebrew Publ'g Co.) page 309.</ref> The poem includes in its last line praise of Jonathon ben Uzziel, the translator of the Aramaic Targum of the Prophets,<ref>''The Complete Artscroll Siddur'', page 969, which translates the last verse literally as "To Yehonasan, the epitome of humility, let us extend gracious praise"—but the same publisher and apparently the same translators and editors, in ''The Complete ArtScroll Machzor: Shavuos'' (1995) page 529—and Philip Birnbaum, ''Prayer Book for the Three Festivals'' (1971, New York, Hebrew Publishing Co.) page 310, and Emanuel Green, ''Service of the Synagogue: Pentecost'' (1928, New York, Hebrew Publishing Co.) page 204–evidently squeeze the familiar name for its etymological meaning, namely "God has given", and so translate this line, "God gave [the tablets] to the meekest of men [namely Moses], so let us ...".</ref>  Even after most communities had eliminated the Aramaic translation of the Torah reading, many communities preserved it specifically for the seventh day of Passover and the first day of Shavuot; many piyyutim were written to accompany the Targum on these special occasions.<ref name=FraenkelPesach>Yona Fraenkel, Machzor for Passover, Jerusalem 1993, page 20-21 in the introduction.</ref>
===Sukkot===
On [[Sukkot]], [[Leviticus]] 22:26–23:44, which sets forth the holidays throughout the year, and the sacrifices for each, is read on both the first day, and on the second day, which is only observed in the diaspora.<ref>The Complete Artscroll Siddur, page 956</ref> This reading is also read on the second day of Passover, again observed only in the diaspora.
The individual readings for all of the days of Sukkot outside of Israel in [[Nusach Ashkenaz]] and [[Nusach Sefard]] communities are as follows:<ref>{{cite book|last=Mangel|first=Rabbi Nissen|title=Siddur Tehillat Hashem|year=2007|publisher=Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch|location=Brooklyn |isbn=978-0-8266-0153-7|pages=471–4480}}</ref>
Sukkot Day 1 (weekday)<br />
Reading 1: Leviticus 22:26–23:3<br />
Reading 2: Leviticus 23:4–14<br />
Reading 3: Leviticus 23:15–22<br />
Reading 4: Leviticus 23:23–32<br />
Reading 5: Leviticus 23:33–44<br />
Maftir: Numbers 29:12–16<br />
Haftarah: [[Book of Zechariah|Zechariah]] 14:1–21
Sukkot Day 1 (Shabbat)<br />
Reading 1: Leviticus 22:26–33<br />
Reading 2: Leviticus 23:1–3<br />
Reading 3: Leviticus 23:4–8<br />
Reading 4: Leviticus 23:9–14<br />
Reading 5: Leviticus 23:15–22<br />
Reading 6: Leviticus 23:23–32<br />
Reading 7: Leviticus 23:33–44<br />
Maftir: Numbers 29:12–16<br />
Haftarah: Zechariah 14:1–21
Sukkot Day 2 (Outside of Israel)<br />
Reading 1: Leviticus 22:26–23:3<br />
Reading 2: Leviticus 23:4–14<br />
Reading 3: Leviticus 23:15–22<br />
Reading 4: Leviticus 23:23–32<br />
Reading 5: Leviticus 23:33–44<br />
Maftir: Numbers 29:12–16<br />
Haftarah: [[I Kings]] 8:2–21
Sukkot Day 3 ([[Chol Hamoed]] Day 1 when it falls out on a weekday)<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 29:17–19<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 29:20–22<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 29:23–25<br />
Reading 4: Numbers 29:17–22
Sukkot Day 4 (Chol Hamoed Day 2; it always falls out on a weekday)<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 29:20–22<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 29:23–25<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 29:26–28<br />
Reading 4: Numbers 29:20–25
Sukkot Day 5 (Chol Hamoed Day 3 when it falls out on a weekday)<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 29:23–25<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 29:26–28<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 29:29–31<br />
Reading 4: Numbers 29:23–28
Sukkot Day 6 (Chol Hamoed Day 4 when it falls out on a weekday)<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 29:26–28<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 29:29–31<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 29:32–34<br />
Reading 4: Numbers 29:26:31
Sukkot Shabbat Chol Hamoed<br />
Reading 1: Exodus 33:12–16<br />
Reading 2: Exodus 33:17–19<br />
Reading 3: Exodus 33:20–23<br />
Reading 4: Exodus 34:1–3<br />
Reading 5: Exodus 34:4–10<br />
Reading 6: Exodus 34:11–17<br />
Reading 7: Exodus 34:18-26<br />
Maftir: Numbers 29:17–22 if Shabbat falls out on the first day of Chol Hamoed.<br />Numbers 29:23–28 if Shabbat falls out on the third day of Chol Hamoed.<br />Numbers 29: 26–31 if Shabbat falls out on the fourth day of Chol Hamoed.<ref>{{cite book|last=De Sola Pool|first=Rabbi David|title=The Traditional Prayer Book for Sabbath and Festivals|year=1960|publisher=Behrman House|location=New York|pages=811–814}}</ref> <br />Note: Shabbat Chol Hamoed cannot fall out on the second day of Chol Hamoed.<br />
Haftarah: Ezekiel 38:18–39:16
[[Hoshana Rabbah]]<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 29:26–28<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 29:29–31<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 29:32–34<br />
Reading 4: Numbers 29:29–34
The Sephardic and Yemenite practice outside of Israel differs for weekdays of Chol hamoed as follows:<ref>Mahzor Hazon Ovadia and other Sephardic machzorim.  See also Daniel Goldschmidt and Yonah Fraenkel, Machzor for Sukkot, page 17 of introduction.</ref>
Sukkot Day 3 ([[Chol Hamoed]] Day 1 when it falls out on a weekday)<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 29:17–19<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 29:20–22<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 29:20–22<br />
Reading 4: Numbers 29:17–22
Sukkot Day 4 (Chol Hamoed Day 2; it always falls out on a weekday)<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 29:20–22<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 29:23–25<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 29:23–25<br />
Reading 4: Numbers 29:20–25
Sukkot Day 5 (Chol Hamoed Day 3 when it falls out on a weekday)<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 29:23–25<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 29:26–28<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 29:26–28<br />
Reading 4: Numbers 29:23–28
Sukkot Day 6 (Chol Hamoed Day 4 when it falls out on a weekday)<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 29:26–28<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 29:29–31<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 29:29–31<br />
Reading 4: Numbers 29:26:31
Hoshanah Rabbah<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 29:29–31<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 29:32–34<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 29:32–34<br />
Reading 4: Numbers 29:29–34
The common practice in Israel is as follows (there are variant customs as well):
Sukkot Day 1 (weekday)<br />
Reading 1: Leviticus 22:26–23:3<br />
Reading 2: Leviticus 23:4–14<br />
Reading 3: Leviticus 23:15–22<br />
Reading 4: Leviticus 23:23–32<br />
Reading 5: Leviticus 23:33–44<br />
Maftir: Numbers 29:12–16<br />
Haftarah: [[Book of Zechariah|Zechariah]] 14:1–21
Sukkot Day 1 (Shabbat)<br />
Reading 1: Leviticus 22:26–33<br />
Reading 2: Leviticus 23:1–3<br />
Reading 3: Leviticus 23:4–8<br />
Reading 4: Leviticus 23:9–14<br />
Reading 5: Leviticus 23:15–22<br />
Reading 6: Leviticus 23:23–32<br />
Reading 7: Leviticus 23:33–44<br />
Maftir: Numbers 29:12–16<br />
Haftarah: Zechariah 14:1–21
Sukkot Day 2 ([[Chol Hamoed]] Day 1)<br />
Readings 1-4: Numbers 29:17–19 (This reading is repeated 4 times)<br />
Sukkot Day 3 ([[Chol Hamoed]] Day 2)<br />
Readings 1-4: Numbers 29:20-22 (This reading is repeated 4 times)<br />
Sukkot Day 4 ([[Chol Hamoed]] Day 3)<br />
Readings 1-4: Numbers 29:23-25 (This reading is repeated 4 times)<br />
Sukkot Day 5 ([[Chol Hamoed]] Day 4)<br />
Readings 1-4: Numbers 29:26-28 (This reading is repeated 4 times)<br />
Sukkot Day 6 ([[Chol Hamoed]] Day 5)<br />
Readings 1-4: Numbers 29:29-31 (This reading is repeated 4 times)<br />
Sukkot Shabbat Chol Hamoed<br />
Reading 1: Exodus 33:12–16<br />
Reading 2: Exodus 33:17–19<br />
Reading 3: Exodus 33:20–23<br />
Reading 4: Exodus 34:1–3<br />
Reading 5: Exodus 34:4–10<br />
Reading 6: Exodus 34:11–17<br />
Reading 7: Exodus 34:18-26<br />
Maftir: Numbers 29:20-22 if Shabbat falls out on the second day of Chol Hamoed.<br />Numbers 29:23-25 if Shabbat falls out on the fourth day of Chol Hamoed.<br />Numbers 29:26-28 if Shabbat falls out on the fifth day of Chol Hamoed.<br />Note: Shabbat Chol Hamoed cannot fall out on the first or third day of Chol Hamoed.<br />
Haftarah: Ezekiel 38:18–39:16
[[Hoshana Rabbah]]<br />
Readings 1-4: Numbers 29:32-34 (This reading is repeated 4 times)<br />
===Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah===
On [[Shemini Atzeret]], in the Eastern Ashkenazic rite, [[Deuteronomy]] 14:22–16:17 is read.<ref>The Complete Artscroll Siddur, pages 964–974</ref>
This is also the reading for the eighth day of Passover and the second day of Shavuot (which occur only in the diaspora). When either of these days fall on a day other than Shabbat, the reading is abridged.  On Shemini Atzeret, however, the reading is never abridged according to the Eastern Ashkenazic rite, but according to the Western Ashkenazic rite, the reading for Shemini Atzeret is also abridged on a weekday like the other two days, and would include only  Deuteronomy 15:19–16:17.<ref>Goldschmidt Sukkot Machzor, [https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=21140&st=&pgnum=24 page 23 of introduction].</ref>
In the Italian rite, they read Deuteronomy 15:19–16:17 on a weekday and Deuteronomy 15:12–16:17 on the Sabbath.<ref>See [https://www.nli.org.il/he/books/NNL_ALEPH001994499/NLI?volumeItem=2 Machzor Shadal] Volume 2, page 186a.</ref>
When Shemini Atzeret falls out on a weekday, the individual readings in the Eastern Ashkenazic rite are as follows:<br />
Reading 1: Deuteronomy 14:22–15:23<br />
Reading 2: Deuteronomy 16:1–3<br />
Reading 3: Deuteronomy 16:4–8<br />
Reading 4: Deuteronomy 16:9–12<br />
Reading 5: Deuteronomy 16:13–17<br />
Maftir: Numbers 29:35–30:1<br />
Haftarah: I Kings 8:54–9:1
In the Western Ashkenazic rite, the readings when Shemini Atzeret falls on a weekday are as follows:<br />
Reading 1: Deuteronomy 15:19–23<br />
Reading 2: Deuteronomy 16:1–3<br />
Reading 3: Deuteronomy 16:4–8<br />
Reading 4: Deuteronomy 16:9–12<br />
Reading 5: Deuteronomy 16:13–17<br />
Maftir: Numbers 29:35–30:1<br />
Haftarah: I Kings 8:54–9:1
When Shemini Atzeret falls out on Shabbat, the individual readings are as follows:<br />
Reading 1: Deuteronomy 14:22–29<br />
Reading 2: Deuteronomy 15:1–15:18<br />
Reading 3: Deuteronomy 15:19–15:23<br />
Reading 4: Deuteronomy 16:1–3<br />
Reading 5: Deuteronomy 16:4–8<br />
Reading 6: Deuteronomy 16:9–12<br />
Reading 7: Deuteronomy 16:13–17<br />
Maftir: Numbers 29:35–30:1<br />
Haftarah: I Kings 8:54–9:1
On [[Simchat Torah]], the Parsha of [[V'Zot HaBerachah]] is read in its entirety. In many communities, the Torah is also read during [[Maariv]] services on Simchat Torah; this is the only time of year in which a Maariv Torah reading occurs. In the diaspora, where Simchat Torah is a separate day from Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah can never fall on Shabbat, and there is no [[Mincha]] reading for Simchat Torah.
The individual readings for Simchat Torah are as follows:<ref name="Mangel 2007 509–513"/><br />
Reading 1: Deuteronomy 33:1–7<br />
Reading 2: Deuteronomy 33:8–12<br />
Reading 3: Deuteronomy 33:13–17<br />
Reading 4: Deuteronomy 33:18–21<br />
Reading 5: Deuteronomy 33:22–26<br />
Chatan Torah: Deuteronomy 33:27–34:12 <br />
Chatan Bereshit: Genesis 1:1–2:3 (second scroll ; in the [[Italian Nusach]], this is not read from a Torah scroll, and rather Genesis 1:1–1:5 is read from a printed book without a blessing)<ref name=ItalianBereishis>Hillel Sermanita and Angelo Piattelli, [https://www.angelopiattelli.com/_files/ugd/8cabfe_10890dfa396f4120bdd1c2ba0a153d27.pdf Sukkot Machzor according to the Italian custom as practiced in Jerusalem], Jerusalem 2024, pages 140-141.</ref>)<br />
Maftir: Numbers 29:35–30:1 (third scroll)<br />
Haftarah: Ashkenazim and Italians: Joshua 1:1–18; Sephardim: Joshua 1:1–9
In Israel, when Simchat Torah falls on the Sabbath, it is traditional to divide the Aliyot as follows:<br />
Reading 1: Deuteronomy 33:1–7<br />
Reading 2: Deuteronomy 33:8–12<br />
Reading 3: Deuteronomy 33:13–17<br />
Reading 4: Deuteronomy 33:18–21<br />
Reading 5: Deuteronomy 33:22–26<br />
Reading 6: Deuteronomy 33:27–29<br />
Reading 7, which doubles as Chatan Torah: Deuteronomy 34:1-12 <br />
Chatan Bereshit: Genesis 1:1–2:3 (second scroll)(in the [[Italian Nusach]], this is not read from a Torah scroll, and rather Genesis 1:1–1:5 is read from a printed book without a blessing<ref name=ItalianBereishis /><br />
Maftir: Numbers 29:35–30:1 (third scroll)<br />
Haftarah: Ashkenazim and Italians: Joshua 1:1–18; Sephardim: Joshua 1:1–9
===Shabbat Chol Hamoed===
When Shabbat occurs on [[Chol Hamoed]] of either Sukkot or Passover, [[Book of Exodus|Exodus]] 33:12–34:26 is read.<ref>The Complete Artscroll Siddur, page 960</ref> Since this is on Shabbat, it is always divided into seven readings. This reading contains the [[Thirteen Attributes of Mercy]]. The individual readings are listed with the readings for Passover and Sukkot.
==High Holidays==
During the [[Shacharit]] services of the [[High Holidays]], in Ashkenazic communities the [[Hebrew cantillation|cantillation]] for the Torah reading is different from the usual cantillation that is used for Shacharit during the rest of the year.  In the Western Ashkenazic rite, the Maftir is read with the regular cantillation, but in the Eastern Ashkenazic rite, the Maftir is also read with the special cantillation.
During the [[Mincha|Mincha service]] of Yom Kippur, the cantillation for the Torah reading is done in the "ordinary" mode that is used on weekdays and Shabbat during the year. The reason given for this is by this time, the congregation is already anticipating a return to normal life.<ref name="books.google.com">{{cite book |author=Irving Greenberg |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dFFiJEH53m8C&dq=high+holiday+torah+reading+tune&pg=PA213 |title=The Jewish way: living the holidays |via=Google Books |publisher=Simon and Schuster |year=2011 |isbn=9781451644272 |page=213 |access-date=2011-03-28}}</ref>
===Rosh Hashana===
On Day One of [[Rosh Hashana]], the reading is the story of the birth of Isaac, the exile of Hagar and Ishamel, and the saving of Ishmael [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] 21:1–34. On Day Two, the reading is the story of the binding of Isaac [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] 22:1–24.<ref name="Scherman 1985 402–424">{{cite book|last=Scherman|first=Rabbi Nosson|title=The Complete Artscroll Machzor Rosh Hashanah|year=1985|publisher=Mesorah Publications|location=Brooklyn |isbn=0899066763 |pages=402–424}}</ref>
When the first day of Rosh Hashana falls out on a weekday, the individual readings are as follows:<ref name="Scherman 1985 402–424"/> <br />
Reading 1: Genesis 21:1–4<br />
Reading 2: Genesis 21:5–12<br />
Reading 3: Genesis 21:13–21<br />
Reading 4: Genesis 21:22–27<br />
Reading 5: Genesis 21:28–34<br />
Maftir: Numbers 29:1–6<br />
Haftarah: I Samuel 1:1–2:10
When the first day of Rosh Hashana falls out on Shabbat, the individual readings are as follows:<ref name="Scherman 1985 402–424"/> <br />
Reading 1: Genesis 21:1–4<br />
Reading 2: Genesis 21:5–8<br />
Reading 3: Genesis 21:9–12<br />
Reading 4: Genesis 21:13–17<br />
Reading 5: Genesis 21:18–21<br />
Reading 6: Genesis 21:22–27<br />
Reading 7: Genesis 21:28–34<br />
Maftir: Numbers 29:1–6<br />
Haftarah: I Samuel 1:1–2:10
The second day of Rosh Hashanah cannot occur on a Shabbat. The individual readings are as follows:<ref name="Scherman 1985 402–424"/> <br />
Reading 1: Genesis 22:1–3<br />
Reading 2: Genesis 22:4–8<br />
Reading 3: Genesis 22:9–14<br />
Reading 4: Genesis 22:15–19<br />
Reading 5: Genesis 22:20–24<br />
Maftir: Numbers 29:1–6<br />
Haftarah: [[Book of Jeremiah|Jeremiah]] 31:1–19<ref name="Scherman 1985 402–424"/><ref>{{cite book|title=The Torah Reader's Compendium|year=2001|publisher=Mesorah Publications|isbn=1-57819-313-3|pages=672–675|edition=The Kestenbaum}}</ref>
===Yom Kippur===
The Shacharit reading describes in detail the ceremony the high priest is to perform on the day of atonement, which involves offering sacrifices, entering the holy of holies, and selecting a scapegoat to be sent into the wilderness.  Most communities read Leviticus 16:1–34; in the Italian rite, however, they read 16:1-17:16.<ref>Machzor Shadal, [https://www.nli.org.il/he/books/NNL_ALEPH001994499/NLI?volumeItem=2 Volume 2], page 117a; this was also the practice in the Romaniote rite.</ref>
When Yom Kippur falls out on a weekday, the individual readings for the morning service in most communities are as follows:<ref name="Scherman 1985 452–464">{{cite book|last=Scherman|first=Rabbi Nosson|title=The Complete Artscroll Machzor Yom Kippur|year=1985|publisher=Mesorah Publications|location=Brooklyn |isbn=0899066763 |pages=452–464}}</ref> <br />
Reading 1: Leviticus 16:1–6<br />
Reading 2: Leviticus 16:7–11<br />
Reading 3: Leviticus 16:12–17<br />
Reading 4: Leviticus 16:18–24<br />
Reading 5: Leviticus 16:25–30<br />
Reading 6: Leviticus 16:31–34<br />
Maftir: Numbers 29:7–11<br />
Haftarah: [[Book of Isaiah|Isaiah]] 57:14–58:14
When Yom Kippur falls out on Shabbat, the individual readings for the morning service in most communities are as follows:<ref name="Scherman 1985 452–464"/><br />
Reading 1: Leviticus 16:1–3<br />
Reading 2: Leviticus 16:4–6<br />
Reading 3: Leviticus 16:7–11<br />
Reading 4: Leviticus 16:12–17<br />
Reading 5: Leviticus 16:18–24<br />
Reading 6: Leviticus 16:25–30<br />
Reading 7: Leviticus 16:31–34<br />
Maftir: Numbers 29:7–11<br />
Haftarah: Isaiah 57:14–58:14
The Mincha reading is also read from Acharei Mot. The portion describes all the forbidden marriages and relationships.<ref name="books.google.com" /> Some explain that the purpose of selecting this reading is to remind the Jewish people, who have just been forgiven for their sins, not to lose control and enter forbidden relationships.
The individual readings for the afternoon service of Yom Kippur are as follows (for weekday or Shabbat):<ref>{{cite book|last=Scherman|first=Rabbi Nosson|title=The Complete Artscroll Machzor Yom Kippur|year=1985|publisher=Mesorah Publications|location=Brooklyn |isbn=0-89906-676-3|pages=630–647}}</ref><br />
Reading 1: Leviticus 18:1–5<br />
Reading 2: Leviticus 18:6–21<br />
Reading 3: Leviticus 18:22–30<br />
Haftarah: [[Book of Jonah|Jonah]] 1:1–4:11, [[Book of Micah|Micah]] 7:18–20
Reconstructionist synagogues use an alternate reading for the afternoon service which comes from parshat Kedoshim.<ref name="Yom Kippur">{{cite web|title=Yom Kippur|url=http://www.hebcal.com/holidays/yom-kippur|website=Hebcal|access-date=11 September 2014}}</ref>
Please note that this is not based on an Orthodox interpretation of Halachah. However, Reform Judaism has also moved to this reading, putting it in the new "Mishkan HaNefesh" machzor. Conservative Judaism also offers this alternative Torah reading in its machzor "Lev Shalem." The alternate individual readings for the afternoon service are:<ref name="Yom Kippur"/><br/>
Reading 1: Leviticus 19:1–4<br/>
Reading 2: Leviticus 19:5–10<br/>
Reading 3: Leviticus 19:11–18<br/>
Haftarah: [[Book of Jonah|Jonah]] 1:1–4:11; Most communities add [[Book of Micah|Micah]] 7:18–20.  In the Italian rite, they preface that with Obadia 1:21.<ref>Machzor Shadal, [https://www.nli.org.il/he/books/NNL_ALEPH001994499/NLI?volumeItem=2 Volume 2], page 137b.</ref>
==Other days==
===Rosh Chodesh===
When [[Rosh Chodesh]] falls on a weekday, [[Book of Numbers|Numbers]] 28:1–15 is read. When Rosh Chodesh falls on Shabbat, Numbers 28:9–15 is read as the Maftir.
The individual readings are as follows:<br />
Rosh Chodesh (weekday)<ref>{{cite book|last=Mangel|first=Rabbi Nissen|title=Siddur Tehillat Hashem|year=2007|publisher=Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch|location=Brooklyn |isbn=978-0-8266-0153-7|page=468}}</ref><br />
Reading 1: Numbers 28:1–3<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 28:3–5 (the third verse is re-read)<ref>However, the practice in most Ashkenazic communities in Jerusalem, based on the practice of the [[Vilna Gaon]] is to read 28:4-8 for the second reading and to repeat in the next reading.  See Siddur Ezor Eliyahu [https://tablet.otzar.org/pages/?&restore=1&t=1645372045789&pagenum=539&book=147980 page 511].</ref><br />
Reading 3: Numbers 28:6–10<br />
Reading 4: Numbers 28:11–15
Rosh Chodesh (Shabbat)<ref>{{cite web |title=Shabbat Rosh Chodesh |publisher=Hebcal |url=http://www.hebcal.com/holidays/shabbat-rosh-chodesh}}</ref> <br />
Readings 1–7: Regular Torah reading<br />
Maftir: Numbers 28:9–15<br />
Haftarah: Isiah 66:1–24
Note: when Rosh Chodesh occurs on a Sunday, the regular Haftarah of the preceding day is replaced with the Machar Hachodesh (literally, "tomorrow is the new month") Haftarah, I Samuel 20:18–42.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shabbat Machar Chodesh |publisher=Hebcal |url=http://www.hebcal.com/holidays/shabbat-machar-chodesh}}</ref>
===Chanukah===
The readings for the eight days of [[Chanukah]] that fall out on weekdays come from [[Book of Numbers|Numbers]] Chapter 7. Each passage describes one of the eight days of the dedication ceremony of the Mishkan. During most years, only 1 Shabbat occurs during Chanukah, and the regularly scheduled Shabbat Torah reading is done. When Shabbat falls out on the first day of Chanukah, a second Shabbat will occur on the eighth day, and the regularly scheduled Torah reading for that day is done as well.
The sixth day of Chanukah is always Rosh Chodesh for the month of Tevet. Due to the mechanics of the [[Hebrew calendar]], the month of Tevet often has a two-day Rosh Chodesh; in those years, the seventh day of Chanukah is the second day of Rosh Chodesh Tevet.
On "ordinary" days of Chanukah, one Torah scroll is used. On the days of Chanukah that coincide with Rosh Chodesh or Shabbat, two Torah scrolls are used. On those years when the sixth day (Rosh Chodesh) also falls out on Shabbat, three Torah scrolls are used.
The individual readings according to the custom of Ashkenazic outside of Israel are as follows:<ref>{{cite book|last=Mangel|first=Rabbi Nissen|title=Siddur Tehillat Hashem|year=2007|publisher=Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch|location=Brooklyn |isbn=978-0-8266-0153-7|pages=490–495}}</ref><br />
Chanukah Day 1, 2, 3, 4, or 7 when it coincides with the first Shabbat<br />
Readings 1–7: Regular Torah Reading<br />
Maftir: Numbers 7:1–17<br />
Haftarah: Zechariah 2:14–4:7
Chanukah Day 1 (weekday) Numbers 7:1–17<ref>However, some begin the reading with Numbers 6:22.</ref><br />
Reading 1: Numbers 7:1–11<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 7:12–14<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 7:15–17
Chanukah Day 1 (weekday), alternate custom:<ref>This variant appears in Rodelheim siddurim, and it is observed in most German communities.</ref>
Reading 1: Numbers 7:1–3<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 7:4–11<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 7:12–17
Chanukah Day 2 (weekday) Numbers 7:18–29<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 7:18–20<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 7:21–23<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 7:24–29
Chanukah Day 3 (weekday) Numbers 7:24–35<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 7:24–26<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 7:27–29<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 7:30–35
Chanukah Day 4 (weekday) Numbers 7:30–41<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 7:30–32<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 7:33–35<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 7:36–41
Chanukah Day 5 (always on a weekday) Numbers 7:36–47<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 7:36–38<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 7:39–41<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 7:42–47
Chanukah Day 6 (weekday, always Rosh Chodesh) Numbers 28:1–15<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 28:1–5 (Rosh Chodesh Torah reading)<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 28:6–10 (Rosh Chodesh Torah reading)<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 28:11–15 (Rosh Chodesh Torah reading)<br />
Reading 4: Numbers 7:42–47 (second scroll)<br />
Note: Four readings are done on Rosh Chodesh days throughout the year.
Chanukah Day 6 (Shabbat, always Rosh Chodesh)<ref>{{cite web |title=Chanukah- The Procedure for Torah Reading When Rosh Chodesh Tevet Falls on Shabbat |publisher=DailyHalacha |year=2010 |url=http://www.dailyhalacha.com/m/halacha.aspx?id=1072}}</ref> <br />
Readings 1–6: Regular Torah Reading; it is divided into six aliyot instead of the usual seven<br />
Reading 7: Numbers 28:9–15 (second scroll)<br />
Maftir: Numbers 7:42–47 (third scroll)<br />
Haftarah: Zechariah 2:14–4:7 (First Shabbat Chanukah Haftarah)
Chanukah Day 7 (weekday, but not Rosh Chodesh) Numbers 7:48–59<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 7:48–50<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 7:51–53<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 7:54–59
Chanukah Day 7 (weekday, Rosh Chodesh) Numbers 28:1–15<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 28:1–5 (Rosh Chodesh Torah reading)<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 28:6–10 (Rosh Chodesh Torah reading)<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 28:11–15 (Rosh Chodesh Torah reading)<br />
Maftir: Numbers 7:48–53 (second scroll)<br />
Note: Four readings are done on Rosh Chodesh days throughout the year.
Chanukah Day 8 (weekday) Numbers 7:54–8:4<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 7:54–56<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 7:57–59<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 7:60–8:4<ref>However, according to the custom of Frankfurt, the reading concludes with Numbers 7:89.</ref>
Chanukah Day 8 (Second Shabbat)<br />
Readings 1–7: Regular Torah Reading<br />
Maftir: Numbers 7:54–8:4<ref>However, according to the custom of Frankfurt, the reading concludes with Number 7:89.</ref><br />
Haftarah: I Kings 7:40–50
Note: the fifth day of Chanukah never falls out on Shabbat. Any other day of Chanukah can occur on a weekday or Shabbat.<br />
Note: the maftir for the eighth day of Chanukah is the longest maftir of the year (40 verses). It is not read every year; it is only read when the first day and eighth day of the holiday both occur on Shabbat.
According to the Sephardic custom,<ref>See the different customs in Shulchan Aruch OC 684:1.</ref> observed also by most Ashkenazic communities in Israel, the weekday readings are as follows:
Chanukah Day 1 (weekday) Numbers 6:22–7:17<ref>However, some begin the reading with .</ref><br />
Reading 1: Numbers 6:22-7:11<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 7:12–14<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 7:15–17
Chanukah Day 2 (weekday) Numbers 7:18–29<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 7:18–20<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 7:21–23<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 7:18–23
Chanukah Day 3 (weekday) Numbers 7:24–35<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 7:24–26<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 7:27–29<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 7:24-29
Chanukah Day 4 (weekday) Numbers 7:30–41<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 7:30–32<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 7:33–35<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 7:30-35
Chanukah Day 5 (always on a weekday) Numbers 7:36–47<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 7:36–38<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 7:39–41<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 7:36-41
Chanukah Day 6 (weekday, always Rosh Chodesh) Numbers 28:1–15<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 28:1–5 (Rosh Chodesh Torah reading)<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 28:6–10 (Rosh Chodesh Torah reading)<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 28:11–15 (Rosh Chodesh Torah reading)<br />
Reading 4: Numbers 7:42–47 (second scroll)<br />
Note: Four readings are done on Rosh Chodesh days throughout the year.
Chanukah Day 6 (Shabbat, always Rosh Chodesh)<ref>{{cite web |title=Chanukah- The Procedure for Torah Reading When Rosh Chodesh Tevet Falls on Shabbat |publisher=DailyHalacha |year=2010 |url=http://www.dailyhalacha.com/m/halacha.aspx?id=1072}}</ref> <br />
Readings 1–6: Regular Torah Reading; it is divided into six aliyot instead of the usual seven<br />
Reading 7: Numbers 28:9–15 (second scroll)<br />
Maftir: Numbers 7:42–47 (third scroll)<br />
Haftarah: Zechariah 2:14–4:7 (First Shabbat Chanukah Haftarah)
Chanukah Day 7 (weekday, but not Rosh Chodesh) Numbers 7:48–59<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 7:48–50<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 7:51–53<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 7:54–59
Chanukah Day 7 (weekday, Rosh Chodesh) Numbers 28:1–15<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 28:1–5 (Rosh Chodesh Torah reading)<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 28:6–10 (Rosh Chodesh Torah reading)<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 28:11–15 (Rosh Chodesh Torah reading)<br />
Maftir: Numbers 7:48–53 (second scroll)<br />
Note: Four readings are done on Rosh Chodesh days throughout the year.
Chanukah Day 8 (weekday) Numbers 7:54–8:4<br />
Reading 1: Numbers 7:54–56<br />
Reading 2: Numbers 7:57–59<br />
Reading 3: Numbers 7:60–8:4
===Purim===
On [[Purim]], [[Book of Exodus|Exodus]] 17:8–16 is read, which describes Israel's war with Amalek. The individual readings are as follows:<ref>{{cite book|last=Mangel|first=Rabbi Nissen|title=Siddur Tehillat Hashem|year=2007|publisher=Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch|location=Brooklyn |isbn=978-0-8266-0153-7|pages=495–496}}</ref><br />
Reading 1: Exodus 17:8–10<br />
Reading 2: Exodus 17:11–13<br />
Reading 3: Exodus 17:14–16<br />
Note: this Torah reading is only 9 verses long, and it is the briefest Torah reading of the year. The regular weekday Torah readings that occur on Monday and Thursday Shacharit services are 10 verses. Some communities have the custom to repeat the last verse to get to a total of 10 verses.<ref>See Shulchan Aruch OC 693:4.</ref>
===Public fast days===
On the Fast of Gedalia, the Fast of the Tenth of Tevet, the Fast of Esther, and the Fast of the Seventeenth of Tammuz, [[Book of Exodus|Exodus]] 32:11–14 and 34:1–10 are read during both Shacharit and Mincha services. This is also read for the Mincha service of [[Tisha B'Av]].  This is also read on minor fast days, such as the [[Fast of Behav]], [[Yom Kippur Katan]] and [[Shovevim]], or a local fast declared by a community, but only if there are ten men fasting. The individual readings are as follows:<ref name="Mangel 2007 509–513"/><br />Reading 1: Exodus 32:11–14<br />
Reading 2: Exodus 34:1–3<br />
Reading 3: Exodus 34:4–10<br />
Haftarah (in the Ashkenazic rite and Italian rites, as well as a very few Sephardic communities): Isaiah 55:6–56:8 (the Haftarah is read only during the Mincha service)
At the Shacharit service of Tisha B'Av, [[Deuteronomy]] 4:25–40 is read.
The individual readings for Shacharit on Tisha B'Av is as follows:<ref>{{cite web|title=Shacharit for Tisha b'Av |url=http://www.mechonhadar.org/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=8fe91e1d-9dcf-47d1-ba70-2cbb6dcadec6&groupId=11401 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017}}</ref> <br />Reading 1: Deuteronomy 4:25–29<br />
Reading 2: Deuteronomy 4:30–35<br />
Reading 3: Deuteronomy 4:36–40<br />
Haftarah: Jeremiah 8:13–9:23
===The Four Parshiyot===
These are four special Shabbats that derive their name from the additional Torah portion that is read when they occur each year. Two are before Purim and two are after Purim (although they usually do not occur on 4 consecutive weeks). Shabbat Hagadol occurs after this grouping on the Shabbat immediately before Passover; it is distinguished only by a special Haftarah.
'''[[Shabbat Shekalim]]''' occurs on the Shabbat immediately before Rosh Chodesh Adar, or on Rosh Chodesh Adar when the Rosh Chodesh coincides with Shabbat. It is named for the contents of the maftir reading, which describes the census requiring every Israelite man to contribute a half shekel to support communal sacrifices in the [[Tabernacle]] and later at the [[Temple in Jerusalem]]. When Rosh Chodesh Adar falls on a weekday, the individual readings for Shabbat Shekalim are as follows:<br />
Readings 1–7: Regular Torah Reading<br />
Maftir: Exodus 30:11–16<br />
Haftarah: II Kings 11:17–12:17
When Rosh Chodesh Adar falls on Shabbat, the individual readings for Shabbat Shekalim are as follows (done from three scrolls):<ref name="Wikisource Orach Chaim">{{cite web |title=wikisource |url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Arukh_ha-Shulchan/Orach_Chaim/685 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017}}</ref> <br />
Readings 1–6: Regular Torah Reading (it is divided into six aliyot instead of the usual seven)<br />
Reading 7: Numbers 28:9–15 (second scroll). This is the maftir that is usually read on Rosh Chodesh.<br />
Maftir: Exodus 30:11–16 (third scroll)<br />
Haftarah: II Kings 11:17–12:17
'''[[Shabbat Zachor]]''' occurs on the Shabbat immediately prior to Purim. It is also named for the maftir reading, which is an admonition to remember the nation of [[Amalek]], who surprised the Israelites when they were wandering in the desert with a rear attack on the weakest and feeblest of the people.<br />
Readings 1–7: Regular Torah Reading<br />
Maftir: Deuteronomy 25:17–19<br />
Haftarah: I Samuel 15:1–34
'''[[Shabbat Parah]]''' occurs on the Shabbat immediately after Purim. It is also named for the maftir reading, which deals with the ceremony of the [[red heifer]], whose ashes were combined with water to ritually purify anyone who had been in contact with a dead person. The individual readings are as follows.<br />
Readings 1–7: Regular Torah Reading<br />
Maftir: Numbers 19:1–22<br />
Haftarah: [[Book of Ezekiel|Ezekiel]] 36:16–38
'''[[Shabbat HaChodesh]]''' occurs the Shabbat immediately before Rosh Chodesh Nisan, or on Rosh Chodesh Nisan when the Rosh Chodesh coincides with Shabbat. Shabbat HaChodesh means "Sabbath of the month", and it occurs before the first month of the year of the [[Hebrew calendar]], during which Passover occurs. When Rosh Chodesh Nisan falls on a weekday, the individual readings are as follows:<br />
Readings 1–7: Regular Torah Reading<br />
Maftir: Exodus 12:1–20<br />
Haftarah	Ezekiel 45:16–46:18
When Rosh Chodesh Nisan falls on Shabbat, the individual readings for Shabbat HaChodesh are as follows (done from 3 scrolls):<ref name="Wikisource Orach Chaim" /><br />
Readings 1–6: Regular Torah Reading (it is divided into six aliyot instead of the usual seven)<br />
Reading 7: Numbers 28:9–15 (second scroll). This is the maftir that is usually read on Rosh Chodesh.<br />
Maftir: Exodus 12:1–20 (third scroll)<br />
Haftarah: Ezekiel 45:16–46:18
Finally, '''[[Shabbat Hagadol]]''' occurs on the Shabbat immediately before Passover. The regular Torah readings and regular Maftir are done. Only the Haftarah is different: [[Book of Malachi|Malachi]] 3:4–24.  Furthermore, there are communities who have the practice to read this special Haftarah only when the Sabbath falls on the day before Passover and otherwise they read the regular Haftarah,<ref>Levush.</ref> and the practice of the Vilna Gaon is to do just the opposite and to read this Haftarah every year except when the Sabbath falls on the day before Passover.
==External links==
*[http://www.jewfaq.org/readings.htm Torah readings for each Yom Tov day and other special days]
==References==
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