Jerusalem Talmud Megillah 4:5:6

משנה: הַקּוֹרֵא בַּתּוֹרָה לֹא יִפְחוֹת מִשְּׁלֹשָׁה פְּסוּקִים. וְלֹא יִקְרָא לַמְתוּרְגְּמָן יוֹתֵר מִפָּסוּק אֶחָד וּבַנָּבִיא שְׁלֹשָׁה. אִם הָיוּ שְׁלָשְׁתָּן שָׁלֹשׁ פָּרָשִׁיּוֹת קוֹרִין אֶחָד אֶחָד. מְדַלְּגִין בַּנָּבִיא וְאֵין מְדַלְּגִין בַּתּוֹרָה. וְעַד כַּמָּה הוּא מְדַלֵּג עַד כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יַפְסִיק הַתּוּרְגְּמָן׃ MISHNAH: One who reads in the Torah may not read less than three verses. He should not read for the translator more than one verse, but in Prophets three. If all three were three paragraphs he reads them singly¹¹⁹For example Isaiah.45.8-10">Is. 45:8–10 can be read only in single sentences. While in the translation of Torah one requires exactitude, in Prophets one requires clarification of the meaning; but different paragraphs usually have different emphasis.. One skips in Prophets but one does not skip in the Torah. How far may he skip¹²⁰How much time does he have to scroll? It is obvious that in Prophets one cannot switch scrolls; this means that one may switch subjects only within one prophet except for the 12 minor prophets written on one scroll.? As long as the translator did not stop.

הלכה: רִבִּי בָּא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרִבִּי חִייָה בַּר בָּא רִבִּי חִייָה בְשֵׁם רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן. הָיָה קוֹרֵא בַתּוֹרָה וְנִשְׁתַּתֵּק. זֶה שֶׁהוּא עוֹמֵד תַּחְתָּיו יַתְחִיל מִמָּקוֹם שֶׁהִתְחִיל הָרִאשׁוֹן. אִין תֵּימַר. מִמָּקוֹם שֶׁהִפְסִיק. הָרִאשׁוֹנִים נִתְבָּֽרְכוּ לִפְנֵיהֶן וְלֹא נִתְבָּֽרְכוּ לְאַחֲרֵיהֶן. הָאַחֲרוֹנִים נִתְבָּֽרְכוּ לְאַחֲרֵיהֶן וְלָא נִתְבָּֽרְכוּ לִפְנֵיהֶן. וְכָתוּב תּ֘וֹרַ֤ת יי֨ תְּ֭מִימָה שֶׁתְּהֵא כוּלָּהּ תְּמִימָה. HALAKHAH: ¹²¹The text also appears in Berakhot 5:4 (Notes 141,142,ב). Rebbi Abba, the son of Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Abba in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: If one became paralyzed while reading in the Torah¹²²In public., the one who steps in for him should start from the place the first one started. For if you would say from the place he stopped, the first verses would have been blessed before them but not after them, the last ones after them but not before them, but it is written¹²³Psalms.19.8">Ps. 19:8. The Torah of the Eternal is perfect, that it should be totally perfect.

הָֽיְתָה הַפָּרָשָׁה שֶׁלְחֲמִשָּׁה פְסוּקִים קוֹרֵא אֶת כּוּלָּהּ. לֹא עָשָׁה כֵן אֶלָּא קָרָא שְׁלֹשָׁה. זֶה שֶׁהוּא עוֹמֵד [תַּחְתָּיו] צָרִיךְ לִקְרוֹת שְׁנֵי פְסוּקִים הַאַחֲרוֹנִים וּשְׁלֹֹשָׁה מִפָּרָשָׁה הָאַחֶרֶת לֹא עָשָׂה כֵן מָהוּ שֶׁיְּעַכֵּב. רִבִּי יוֹנָה וְרִבִּי יוֹסֵה סָֽלְקוּן מֵיחְמֵייהּ אַפִּין לְאָחוֹי דִּיהוּדָה בַּר תַּמּוּזָה קְרִיבֵיהּ דֵּרִבִּי יוֹסֵה בֶּן חֲנִינָה בִּכְנִישְׁתָּא דְּסוֹבַנְייָא וַהֲוָה תַּמָּן רִבִּי יִרְמְיָה וְעִכֵּב. אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹנְה לְרִבִּי יוֹסֵה. וְכוֹפִין. אָמַר לֵיהּ. וְהָא רַבָּךְ מְעַכֵּב. רִבִּי יִרְמְיָה רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן שָׁרָה רִבִּי חִינְנָא בַּר אַנְדְּרֵיי בְשֵׁם רִבִּי זַכַּיי דְּכָבוּל. טָעָה בֵּין תֵּיבָה לְתֵיבָה מַחֲזִירִין אוֹתוֹ. אָמַר רִבִּי יִרְמְיָה לְרִבִּי זְעוּרָה. וְעָֽבְדִין כֵּן. אָמַר לֵיהּ. וְאַדַּייִן אַתְּ לְזוֹ. אֲפִילוֹ טָעָה בִּין אִם לִוְאִם מַחֲזִירִין אוֹתוֹ. רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן סַפְרָא דְטֶרְבֶּנְתְ אָֽמְרוּן לֵיהּ בְּנֵי קַרְתֵּיהּ. קְטַע בְּדִיבִּירַייָא דִּיקְרוּנוּן בְּנֵינָן. אֲתַא שְׁאַל לְרִבִּי חֲנִינָה. אֲמַר לֶיהּ. אִין קְטָעִין רֵישָׁךְ לָא תִשְׁמַע לוֹן. וְלָא שָׁמַע לוֹן וְשָׁרוֹן לֵיהּ מִן סַפְרוּתֵהּ. בָּתַר יוֹמִין נְחַת לְהָכָא. קָם עִימֵּיהּ רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹסִינָה. אָמַר לֵיהּ. מַה אַתְּ עֲבִיד בְּהַהוּא קַרְתָּךְ. וְתַנֵּי לֵיהּ עוֹבְדָא. אָמַר לֵיהּ. וְלָמָּה לֹא שָׁמַעַת לוֹן. אָמַר לֵיהּ. וְעָֽבְדִין כֵּן. אָמַר לֵיהּ. וְלִינָן מְקַטְּעִין לוֹן בְּסִידְרָא. אָמַר לֵיהּ. וְלִינָן חָֽזְרִין וְכָֽלְלִין לוֹן. אָמַר רִבִּי זְעוּרָה. אִילּוּ הֲוָה הַהוּא סַפְרָא בְיוֹמוֹי מַנִּיתֵיהּ חֲכִים. If the paragraph was of five verses, he reads all of them. If he did not do so, the following one has to read the two last verses and three from the next paragraph¹²⁴Megillah.22a">Babli 22a.. If he did not do this, does it obstruct? Rebbi Jonah and Rebbi Yose went to visit the brother of Jehudah bar Tammuza the relative of Rebbi Yose ben Ḥanina in the synagogue of the neck-cloth makers¹²⁵Greek σάβανον “fine cloth”. It appears that this was a synagogue in Tiberias.. Rebbi Jeremiah was there and he stopped them¹²⁶He forced the second reader to read five verses before they could continue with the public Torah reading.. Rebbi Jonah said to Rebbi Yose, does one force? He answered him, here your teacher is stopping them. Rebbi Jeremiah, Rebbi Simeon Shara, Rebbi Ḥinena bar Andreas in the name of Rebbi Zakkai from Kabul: If he erred between one word and another one lets him repeat. Rebbi Jeremiah said to Rebbi Ze`ira, does one act like this? He told him, is that still a problem for you? Even if he erred between if and and if one makes him repeat. The people of his town told Rebbi Simeon, the teacher of Terbenth, cut the sentences which our sons are reading<sup>127</sup>In teaching them to read Torah, they wanted him to split the verses into small parts which are easier to memorize.. He went and asked Rebbi Ḥanina, who told him, do not listen to them even if they cut off your head. He did not listen to them and they freed him from his teaching position. After some time he came down here. Rebbi Simeon ben Yosina associated with him. He asked him, what goes on in your town? He told him the affair. He asked him, why did you not listen to them? He answered, does one do this? He answered, do we not cut them in the study? He answered, but we repeat and take them together<sup>128</sup>If a verse is analyzed in its parts in advanced study it is always summarized as a complete sentence.. Rebbi Ze`ira said, if this teacher had been in my time, I would have appointed him Rabbi.

רַב אָמַר. כְּגוֹן ה֗וֹי רָ֚ב אֶת־יוֹצְרוֹ. Rav said, for example Woe him who fights his creator¹¹⁹For example Isaiah.45.8-10">Is. 45:8–10 can be read only in single sentences. While in the translation of Torah one requires exactitude, in Prophets one requires clarification of the meaning; but different paragraphs usually have different emphasis..

מְדַלְּגִין בַּנָּבִיא וְאֵין מְדַלְּגִין בַּתּוֹרָה. מְדַלְּגִין בַּנָּבִיא. אֵין מְדַלְּגִין מִנָּבִיא לְנָבִיא. וּבְנָבִיא שֶׁלְשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר מוֹתָּר. ¹²⁹This and the next paragraph are in Sotah 7:6:2-4" href="/Jerusalem_Talmud_Sotah.7.6.2-4">Sotah7:6 and Yoma 7:1:5" href="/Jerusalem_Talmud_Yoma.7.1.5">Yoma7:1 (Notes 25–28).“One skips in Prophets but one does not skip in the Torah.” One skips in prophets; one does not skip from one prophet to another prophet, but with the twelve prophets it is permitted¹²⁰How much time does he have to scroll? It is obvious that in Prophets one cannot switch scrolls; this means that one may switch subjects only within one prophet except for the 12 minor prophets written on one scroll..

עַד אֵיכָן. אָמַר רִבִּי אָחָא. כְּגוֹן פָּרָשַׁת יְהוֹיָדָע כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל. How far? Rebbi Aḥa said, as the paragraph of Joyada the High Priest¹³⁵This refers to the time one has to skip from one place in the scroll to another. It is the time the translator needs to translate or explain the paragraph of 4 verses, 2K. 11:17–20..