Cancellation of Weekly Torah Portion Reading in Favor of Rosh Chodesh Reading Due to 'Tadir' Law
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Question
Hello, It is known that 'frequent and infrequent - frequent takes precedence'. Why on Rosh Chodesh, which falls on Monday, do we read the Rosh Chodesh portion and not the weekly portion?
Answer
Greetings and blessings
This can be explained in two ways:
A. The reading of the weekly portion is not more frequent, as it is read only once a year [or four times with the readings at Mincha on Shabbat, Monday, Thursday], while the Rosh Chodesh reading is read every month and twice a month.
B. The ordinance of Moses our Teacher to read the Torah on Monday, Thursday, and Shabbat is not preferable to the ordinance to read a reading appropriate to the time.