<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Gershon Dubin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gershon.dubin@juno.com" target="_blank">gershon.dubin@juno.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>When was the last time, and the next time, that we read this week (Pinechas)' haftorah?<br></div></blockquote></div></div><br>The last time was three years ago and the next time will be in three years' time.<br>
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By the way, Pinechas is not the rarest Haftara, certainly not in EY
where it's read about one year in five on average. (5776 is the next
year where it's read only in EY). Even in hu"l Vayakhel is equally rare,
about once in 9 or 10 years. 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.</div>