Commentary for Megillah 61:15
ושאר כל ימות החג קורין בקרבנות החג יו"ט האחרון קורין כל הבכור מצות וחוקים ובכור ומפטירין (מלכים א ט, א) ויהי ככלות שלמה למחר קורין וזאת הברכה ומפטירין (מלכים א ח, כב) ויעמד שלמה
On the last day of the festival we read, “All the firstlings” [but first we read] the commandments and statutes [which precede it], and then “all the firstlings” (Deuteronomy 15:19-16:17) and for haftarah, “And when Solomon had finished” (I Kings 8:54-9:1). On the next day we read, “And this is the blessing” (Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12), and for haftarah, “And Solomon stood” (I Kings 8:23-53).
Rashi on Megillah
We read "All the firstlings" — However we begin "Tithe, You shall surely tithe" for in that Parasha there are many commands and statutes that pertain to the festival in that time, for it is the time of the [crop] ingathering, and the time when the poor gather comestibles into their houses. And also in that Parasha are the commands of the Second Tithe and the commands of Give, Ye shall Give [Charity], and of Open, Ye Shall Open [Lending before the Seventh Year], and of Furnish, Ye Shall Furnish [Gifts to the Freed Slave], and of Sending Him Away Without Charge, and of Lend, Ye Shall Lend [Lending to the Needy]
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Rashi on Megillah
And it was when Solomon finished - For on the Eighth Day, he dismissed the people
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