Why don't we read the Maftir of the Shabbat Musaf
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Question
Rabbi, I have a question: why is it that every time there is a Musaf offering, besides the Torah reading, we also read the Musaf offering in the Maftir, but on Shabbat, although a Musaf offering is brought, we do not read the verses of the Shabbat Musaf in the Torah?
Answer
Shalom and blessings. Excellent question. The reason is that the verses of the Shabbat Musaf consist of only two verses, and it is not permissible to read less than three verses from the Torah, and they did not want to establish an additional portion. Another reason is that if the Maftir on Shabbat were to include the Musaf offering, they would be obligated to read a Haftarah related to the Shabbat Musaf offering, and then every Shabbat the same Haftarah would be read. However, since the Haftarah is read from the weekly portion, a different Haftarah is read each Shabbat.