[Avodah] The Arba Parshiyos

Simon Montagu via Avodah avodah at lists.aishdas.org
Wed Apr 6 23:04:23 PDT 2016


On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 7:10 AM, Zev Sero <zev at sero.name> wrote:

> On 04/06/2016 06:29 PM, Simon Montagu via Avodah wrote:
>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>
> Well, obviously, since Parah is *defined* as the Shabbos before Hachodesh.
> I don't see how a siman helps with that.


I checked RSZ's source, which turns out to be Yerushalmi Megilla 3:5. The
context of the siman is a mahloket in the Yerushalmi whether Parah is
defined as the Shabbat before Hahodesh or the Shabbat after Purim.
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