[HANASHIR:16057] Re: Havdalah Bat Mitzvah

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I was told that Havdalah could be done as late as Tuesday sundown.


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> From: Freedabet (at) aol(dot)com
> Date: 2003/12/05 Fri AM 08:44:06 EST
> To: Golda18 (at) aol(dot)com,  hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Subject: [HANASHIR:16056] Re: Havdalah Bat Mitzvah
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> 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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> 

Risa Askin

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