Commentary for Megillah 61:4
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> ת"ר בפסח קורין בפרשת מועדות ומפטירין בפסח (יהושע ה, י) גלגל והאידנא דאיכא תרי יומי יומא קמא בפסח גלגל ולמחר בפסח (מלכים ב כג, טז) יאשיהו
GEMARA. Our Rabbis taught: On Pesah we read from the section of the festivals and for haftarah the account of the Pesah at Gilgal (Joshua 5). And now that we keep two days of Pesah, the haftarah of the first day is the account of the Pesah in Gilgal and of the second day that of the Pesah of Josiah (II Kings 23:1-9, 21-25).
Rashi on Megillah
Blessings and curses - For if according to my statutes, to tell that it is due to matters of sin that punishment comes to the world, so that they will repent and be saved from the trouble for which they are fasting.
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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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