[HANASHIR:16056] Re: Havdalah Bat Mitzvah

[Freedabet <Freedabet...>]

I heard once that, halachically, you can havdallah as late as Wednesday.  Never 
looked it up.  Is this true, or was that Rabbi pulling my leg?

And, I have never heard of the tradition of triennial readings having anything 
to do with the Monday-Thursday-Shabbat Mincha reading times, which divide a few 
verses of the portion into 3 readings (the same ones each day).  Monday and 
Thursday were Market Days when everyone was gathered in town anyway, and the 
Shabbat Mincha reading reflects eagerness to begin the next portion (much as we 
read the end and then the beginning of the Torah on Simchat Torah to show that 
we are excited to begin again).  The triennial reading cycle is a separate 
ancient custom that varies by region.

Michael

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