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Megillah 4.2-3
Megilah4: 2
בְּרָאשֵׁי חֳדָשִׁים וּבְחֻלּוֹ שֶׁל מוֹעֵד — קוֹרִין אַרְבָּעָה; אֵין פּוֹחֲתִין מֵהֶן וְאֵין מוֹסִיפִין עֲלֵיהֶן; וְאֵין מַפְטִירִין בַּנָּבִיא. הַפּוֹתֵחַ וְהַחוֹתֵם בַּתּוֹרָה — מְבָרֵךְ לְפָנֶיהָ וּלְאַחֲרֶיהָ. זֶה הַכְּלָל: כָּל שֶׁיֶּשׁ בּוֹ מוּסָף וְאֵינוֹ יוֹם טוֹב — קוֹרִין אַרְבָּעָה; בְּיוֹם טוֹב — חֲמִשָּׁה; בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים — שִׁשָּׁה; בְּשַׁבָּת — שִׁבְעָה; אֵין פּוֹחֲתִין מֵהֶן, אֲבָל מוֹסִיפִין עֲלֵיהֶן; וּמַפְטִירִין בַּנָּבִיא. הַפּוֹתֵחַ וְהַחוֹתֵם בַּתּוֹרָה — מְבָרֵךְ לְפָנֶיהָ וּלְאַחֲרֶיהָ.
On Rosh Chodesh and on Chol HaMoed, four [people] read [the Torah]; we may not decrease them nor add to them; and we do not conclude [the reading with a section] from the Prophets. The one who commences and the one who concludes [the reading of] the Torah [respectively] recite the blessings [said] before it and after it. This is the general rule: [On] any day on which there is a Musaf but which is not a festival, four [people] read [the Torah]. On festivals, five [people read]; on Yom Kippur, six [people read]; and on the Sabbath, seven [people read]; we may not decrease them but we may increase them; and we conclude [the reading with a section] from the Prophets. The one who commences and the one who concludes [the reading of] the Torah [respectively] recite the blessings [said] before it and after it.
Megilah4: 3
אֵין פּוֹרְסִין אֶת שְׁמַע, וְאֵין עוֹבְרִין לִפְנֵי הַתֵּבָה, וְאֵין נוֹשְׂאִין אֶת כַּפֵּיהֶם, וְאֵין קוֹרִין בַּתּוֹרָה, וְאֵין מַפְטִירִין בַּנָּבִיא, וְאֵין עוֹשִׂין מַעֲמָד וּמוֹשָׁב, וְאֵין אוֹמְרִים בִּרְכַּת אֲבֵלִים וְתַנְחוּמֵי אֲבֵלִים וּבִרְכַּת חֲתָנִים, וְאֵין מְזַמְּנִין בַּשֵּׁם — פָּחוֹת מֵעֲשָׂרָה. וּבְקַרְקָעוֹת — תִּשְׁעָה וְכֹהֵן; וְאָדָם — כַּיּוֹצֵא בָהֶן.
We may not divide the Shema; nor go before the Ark; nor [may the Kohanim] lift their hands [to recite the priestly blessing]; nor do we read [publicly] from the Torah; nor do we conclude [with a section] from the Prophets; nor do we make standing and sitting [tributes at a funeral]; nor do we say the mourners’ blessing, nor the consolations to the mourners; nor [are] the wedding blessings [recited]; nor is [God’s] Name mentioned in the invitation [to the Grace After Meals] in the presence of fewer than ten [men]. In [the appraisal of] lands, nine [men] and a Kohen [are required]; and [the appraisal of] a human is the same.
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