[Avodah] Too Much of a Good Thing?

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Jul 04, 2023 at 08:00:34PM -0400, Joel Rich via Avodah wrote:
> I've noticed sometimes that prior to giving someone an aliya at shabbat
> mincha, a gabbai will ask whether the individual had an aliya (assumedly
> anywhere) that morning. I've also seen prospective aliya recipients (e.g
> the gabbai comes over and asks their name) volunteer that they had an aliya
> that morning. In both cases the result is usually that another oleh is
> found. If I am correct, what is the basis for this practice (other than
> maximizing aliya distributions?

Why do you find the obvious reason insufficient?

If you want to wrap a chalos sheim on it, we always have the kohein
first mipenei darkei Shalom, wouldn't spreading the kibbudim around
also be darkei Shalom?

-Micha