Responsa for Megillah 58:19
בשלמא למ"ד כי תשא היינו דמתרמי בההוא זימנא
This works for the one who holds that “When you count” is read because [the regular portion containing this passage] falls about that time. But according to the one who says that “Command…My sacrifice” does [the portion containing that passage] fall about that time?
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. How many persons should be called (in the Synagogue) to the reading of the weekly portion on Rosh-hodesh (day of the new-moon) or Hanukkah when they fall on Sabbath?
A. Many of our ritual customs are based on the Siddur of Rav Amram, the Halakot Gedolot, and the tractate Soferim. From these sources we have derived our custom that the first seven persons read the portion of the week, and the maftir (one who concludes the reading of the Torah) reads the portion pertaining to the special occasion.
SOURCES: Pr. 110.
A. Many of our ritual customs are based on the Siddur of Rav Amram, the Halakot Gedolot, and the tractate Soferim. From these sources we have derived our custom that the first seven persons read the portion of the week, and the maftir (one who concludes the reading of the Torah) reads the portion pertaining to the special occasion.
SOURCES: Pr. 110.
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