Torah Reading on Passover and Sukkot
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Question
Hello, It is known that during the intermediate days of Passover, like on the holidays, one reads from the Torah one book related to the day's theme and one book related to the sacrifices, whereas during the intermediate days of Sukkot, one reads only about the sacrifices. What is the reason for this?
Answer
Hello
The reason is that there are many sections in the Torah dealing with Passover, so each day a different section is read. Only the reading of the sacrifices is concluded.
However, for Sukkot, there are almost no sections dealing with the holiday, so only the reading of the sacrifices was instituted.
Source
Sefer Abudraham (Order of Prayer for Sukkot)
The reason why two scrolls are not taken out every day of the intermediate days like on Passover is because on Passover there are many sections related to the festival, but on Sukkot, there are no sections related to the festival except for the sacrifices.