[Avodah] The Parasha Dual Dichotomy 5782/2022; Which Week is Which?."

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 06:03:09PM +0000, Prof. L. Levine via Avodah wrote:
> https://ohr.edu/this_week/insights_into_halacha/9851
> The Parasha Dual Dichotomy 5782/2022 Which Week Is Which? by Rabbi Yehuda Spitz
> ohr.edu
...
> ... This puts Eretz Yisrael a Parasha ahead until the rest of the world
> soon 'catches up'...

EY does indeed get ahead, but it is inaccurate to say the rest of the world
"catches up".

Our leining cycle is that of Bavel. Israeli communities had many systems
for dividing the Torah into weekly sedros, most famously a triennial one,
or one that was every 3-1/2 years - finishing on Shemini Atzeres of a
Shemittah Year, and on Shavuos of year 3 of the shemittah.

Because those in chutz laaretz are not "catching up", the geonim didn't make
a rule to pair parshiyos Acharei Mos & Qedoshim or BeHar and BeChuqosai. Rather,
Israel doesn't fall back in line until the rule for Vaschanan and Shabbos
Nachamu forces us to pair Matos-Mas'ei but doesn't apply to EY.

:-)BBii!
-Micha

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