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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 138
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Opens “שלא לשייר בפרשה פחות משלשה פסוקי'. ובו…”
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<b>שלא לשייר בפרשה פחות משלשה פסוקי'. ובו סעיף אחד:</b><br>הקורא בתורה לא ישייר בפרשה פחות מג' פסוקים מפני היוצאים אז מבה"כ שיאמרו העול' אחריו לא יקרא אלא שני פסוקים הנשארים וכן לא יתחיל בה פחות מג' פסוקים מפני הנכנסים אז בב"ה שיאמרו שלא קרא הראשון אלא שני פסוקים: הגה ואין חילוק בין פ' פתוחה לסתומה ופרשה שאינה רק ב' פסוקים מותר לשייר בתחלה ולהפסיק שם [תרומת הדשן סי' כ"ב] ויכוין שיתחיל תמיד לקרא בדבר טוב ויסיים בדבר טוב [א"ז ומיימוני פרק י"ג מה"ת] וע"ל סי' תכ"ח:
To Not Leave Over Less Than 3 Verses In a Parsha. Containing 1 Se'if: The one who reads from the Torah may not leave over any less than 3 verses in a paragraph because [we are concerned for] those who leave the synagogue then, that they will say that the oleh (i.e. reader) after him will only read the two remaining verses [of the paragraph]. And similarly, one may not begin less than 3 verses into it (i.e. a paragraph) because of those who enter the synagogue then, that they will say that the first [reader] only read 2 verses. Rem"a: And there is no difference between an open paragraph and a closed paragraph. And a paragraph that only has two verses: it is permitted to leave over [these two verses] at the beginning [of a paragraph] and to stop there (T'rumat HaDeshen, siman 22). And one should aim to always begin to read on a good matter and to end on a good matter (Or Zarua and Meimoni, Chapter 13 of Hilkhot T'fillah). And see below, Chapter 428.
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