Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Berakhot 44:15

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> ת"ר היה עומד בתפלה ונזכר שהוא בעל קרי לא יפסיק אלא יקצר היה קורא בתורה ונזכר שהוא בעל קרי אינו מפסיק ועולה אלא מגמגם וקורא ר"מ אומר אין בעל קרי רשאי לקרות בתורה יותר מג' פסוקים

GEMARA Our Rabbis have taught : If a man was standing in the Tefillah and recollects that he is a Ba'al Keri, he should not interrupt [his prayer] but shorten it. If he was reading in the Torah and recollects that he is a Ba'al Keri, he should not interrupt and go away, but should continue reading with hurried pronunciation of the words. R. Meir says : A Ba'al Keri is not permitted to read more than three verses in the Torah.

Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot

It refers here to reading a portion of the lection in the Synagogue ; and the minimum which constitutes a portion is three verses.
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