משנה: רֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ אֲדָר שֶׁחָל לִהְיוֹת בְּשַׁבָּת קוֹרִין בְּפָרָשַׁת שְׁקָלִים. חָל לִהְיוֹת בְּתוֹךְ הַשַּׁבָּת מַקְדִּימִין לְשֶׁעָבַר וּמַפְסִיקִין לְשַׁבָּת אַחֶרֶת. MISHNAH: If the New Moon of Adar falls on a Sabbath, one reads the paragraph of Šeqalim92The Mishnah follows the Palestinian rule that one never reads from more than one Torah scroll in the morning service of Sabbaths and holidays. The rule is that one interrupts the regular sequence of Torah readings (in the 3½ year cycle) and reads the paragraph about Šeqalim (Ex. 30:11–16) on or just preceding the start of Adar (in an intercalary year, Adar II), then about Amaleq (Deuteronomy.25.17-19">Deut. 25:17–19) on the Sabbath preceding Purim, about purification through the ashes of the Red Cow (Numbers.19.1-22">Num. 19:1–22) on the Sabbath after Purim and about the coming Passover (Exodus.12.1-20">Ex. 12:1–20) on the Sabbath preceding or on the New Moon of Nisan. Since 7 readers have to be called and each of them has to read at least three verses, in most cases this means that the paragraph has to be read several times.. If it falls on a weekday one precedes it and interrupts the next Sabbath93One interrupts with the special readings and returns to the regular reading cycle. Between Šeqalim and Purim there always is one regular reading; between Purim and Nisan there may or may not be a regular reading..
הלכה: רִבִּי לִוֵי בְשֵׁם רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן לָקִישׁ. צָפָה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא שֶׁהָמָן הָרָשָׁע עָתִיד לִשְׁקוֹל כַּסְפּוֹ עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל. אָמַר. מוּטָּב שֶׁיַּקְדִּים כַּסְפָּן שֶׁלְבָּנַיי לְכַסְפּוֹ שֵׁלְאוֹתוֹ הָרָשָׁע. לְפִיכָךְ מַקְדִּימִין וְקוֹרִין בְּפָרָשַׁת שְׁקָלִים. HALAKHAH: Rebbi Levi in the name of Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish. The Holy One, praiuse to Him, saw that the evil Haman in the future would weigh his money against Israel. He said, it is better that my children’s money should precede this evil one’s money. Therefore one precedes and reads the paragraph about Šeqalim94From Megillah 1:4:2" href="/Jerusalem_Talmud_Megillah.1.4.2">Chapter 1:7, Note 121..
חָל לִהְיוֹת בְּעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת בְּמַה קוֹרִין. רִבִּי זְעוּרָה אָמַר. קוֹרִין לָשֶׁעָבַר. רִבִּי אִילָא רִבִּי אַבָּהוּ בְשֵׁם רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן. קוֹרִין לָבֹא. וַהֲוָה רִבִּי זְעוּרָה מִסְתַּכֵּל בֵּיהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ. מָה אַתְּ מִסְתַּכֵּל בִּי. אֲנָא אֲמַר מִן שְׁמוּעָה וְאַתְּ אֲמַר מִן דִּיעָה וְאַתִּ מִסְתַּכֵּל בִּי. מַתְנִיתָא מְסַייְעָא לדֵין וּמַתְנִיתָא מְסַייְעָא לדֵין. מַתְנִיתָא מְסַייְעָא לרִבִּי זְעוּרָה. אֵי זוֹ הִיא שַׁבָּת הָרִאשׁוֹנָה. כָּל־שֶׁחָל רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ שֶׁלְאָדָר לִהְיוֹת בְּתוֹכָהּ. אֲפִילוּ בְּעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת. תַּנֵּי שְׁמוּאֵל מְסַייְעָא לרִבִּי אִילָא. אֵי זוֹ הִיא שַׁבָּת הַשְּׁנִייָה. כָּל־שֶׁחָל הַפּוּרִים לִהְיוֹת בְּתוֹכָהּ. וַאֲפִילוּ עֶרֶב שַׁבָּת. רַב נַחְמָן בַּר יַעֲקֹב בָּעֵי. הַגַּע עַצְמָךְ שֶׁחָל חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר לִהְיוֹת בַּשַּׁבָּת. לִקְרוֹת בִּמְגִילַּת אֶסְתֵּר אֵין אַתְּ יָכוֹל. שֶׁאֵין קוֹרִין בְּכִתְבֵי הַקּוֹדֶשׁ אֶלָּא מִן הַמִּנְחָה וּלְמַעֲלָן. וְיִקְרְאוּ זָכוֹר. אָמַר לֵיהּ. כֵּן אָמַר רַב. וְהַיָּמִ֣ים הָ֠אֵלֶּה נִזְכָּרִ֨ים וְנַֽעֲשִׂ֜ים. שֶׁתְּהֵא אַזְכָּרָתָן קוֹדֶם לַעֲשִׂייָתָן. רִבִּי אַבָּא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרִבִּי פַּפַּי בָּעֵי. הַגַּע עַצְמָךְ שֶׁחָל אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר לִהְיוֹת בַּשַּׁבָּת. הֲרֵי שֶׁקָֽדְמָה אַזְכָּרָתָן לַעֲשִׂייָתָן. אָמַר לֵיהּ. וְלֹא כְבָר אִיתְתָבָת דְּלֵית אֶיפְשַׁר. וְאִם אֶיפְשַׁר אִיחוּר הוּא לָעַייָרוֹת. What does one read if it95The New Moon of Adar. falls on a Friday? Rebbi Ze`ira says, one reads earlier96The Sabbath preceding. Megillah.30a">Babli 30a.. Rebbi Ila, Rebbi Abbahu in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: one reads later97The Sabbath following. Megillah.30a">Babli 30a.. Rebbi Ze`ira was looking at him. He said to him, why are you looking at me? I said to you from tradition, and you are saying an opinion98R. Ila quotes R. Joḥanan while R. Ze`ira holds his opinion as a logical inference from Mishnah 5.; why are you looking at me? A baraita supports one and a baraita supports the other. A baraita supports Rebbi Ze`ira: What is the first week? Any in which the New Month of Adar falls, even on Friday. What Samuel stated supports Rebbi Ila: What is the second week99The problem is that as they are formulated Mishnaiot 5 and 6 contradict one another. Mishnah 5 states that if Šeqalim is read before the day of New Moon then on the next Sabbath one reads a section in the regular sequence of Torah reading while Mishnah 6 supposes that one reads the 4 extra paragraphs (Megillah 3:5:1" href="/Jerusalem_Talmud_Megillah.3.5.1">Note 92) one after the other without interruption and only afterwards returns to the regular readings. This is possible only if Šeqalim is read later and justifies R. Joḥanan. Megillah.30a">Babli 30a.? Any in which Purim falls, even on Friday. Rav Naḥman bar Jacob asked, think of it if the Fifteenth fell on a Sabbath? You may not read in the Esther scroll since one reads in Hagiographs only after afternoon prayers100It seems from the old Midrash collections that after the Torah reading in the afternoon of the Sabbath one read a Haftara from Hagiographs, while in the morning the public reading after the Torah reading had to be from Prophets.. Could they not read remember101The reading Deuteronomy.25.17-19">Deut. 25:17–19.? He said to him, so says Rav, these days are remembered and executed102Esther.9.28">Esth. 9:28., that the remembrance precedes the execution. Rebbi Abba the son of Rebbi Pappai asked, think of it if the Fourteenth fell on a Sabbath? Does not the remembrance precede the execution103If one reads about Amaleq on the 14th and then, because the Scroll cannot be read on the Sabbath one reads it on the 15th, Rav’s condition is satisfied.? He said to him, was this not already contradicted, it cannot happen104In the computed calendar; Megillah 1:2:2" href="/Jerusalem_Talmud_Megillah.1.2.2">Chapter 1 Note 89.. And if it could happen it would be belated for towns105Since it was determined that the Scroll may not be read after the appointed time (Megillah 1:1:2" href="/Jerusalem_Talmud_Megillah.1.1.2">Chapter 1 Note 12), one would have to read the Scroll in towns on the 12th or the 13th..