[Mesorah] Haftorah

[Michael Hamm]

See http://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/3898/what-is-the-rarest-haftarah
for a discussion of the rarest haftara: turns out it's Tzav's or
Miketz's, depending on custom and where you live.

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 5:21 AM, David Cohen <ddcohen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Rarer even than that is "Hatishpot hatishpot," according to the custom that
> reads it only when "forced to", because Acharei and Kedoshim are separate
> and neither Shabbos has a special haftarah.  This happns only *in shanim
> me'ubarot* when Rosh Hashana is on Shabbat and Marheshvan and Kislev both
> have 29 days.  This last happened in 5757, and is next scheduled for 5784 --
> a gap of 27 years.
> -- D.C.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Simon Montagu <simon.montagu at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> The rarest of all is Mikketz, which is only read when Rosh Hashana is on
>> Shabbat and Marheshvan and Kislev both have 29 days. The last time that this
>> happened was 5761 and the next, if the fixed calendar is still in use, will
>> be 5781.

Michael Hamm