May the haftarah reader skip backward (from a later passage to an earlier one) within a prophetic book?
Synopsis
The Mechaber states that within the Twelve Minor Prophets one may not skip from the end of the book back to its beginning. The later authorities debate whether backward skipping is forbidden within a single prophetic book as well.
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