[Avodah] The Arba Parshiyos

[Simon Montagu via Avodah]

On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 12:50 AM, Zev Sero via Avodah <
avodah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:

> On 04/06/2016 04:26 PM, Micha Berger via Avodah wrote:
>
>> As we do it today, there are also gaps between the parshios. Between
>> Sheqalim and Zakhos is inevitable, as one is at the latest 1 Adar, and the
>> other is the Shabbos of the 14th. Between Parah and haChodesh is also
>> possible.
>>
>
> It's not inevitable; If Shekalim is the 1st then Zachor is the 8th.
> However in such a year the 15th is a normal Shabbos, except in Y'm.
> There is always at least one normal Shabbos in Adar; this year there
> are two.


There is a nice siman for this in (IIRC) R. Zevin's Sefer Hamo`adim. The 4
Parshiyot parallel the 4 kosot at seder: you can drink between 1st cup and
2nd or between 2nd and 3rd, or both, but not between 3rd and 4th. So too
there can be a normal Shabbat between Shekalim and Zachor or between Zachor
and Fara, or both, but not between Fara and Hahodesh.

There is also a mnemonic for the dates of the hafsakot according on the
date of 1 Adar, "Zivdu: Zyah Bu Dad Ubyu" but I've never found it very
useful because the mnemonic is such a tongue-twister that I can never
remember it and end up working out the dates from scratch and reverse
engineering the mnemonic.
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