If no other person knows how to read the haftara and only someone who already had an aliyah can do so, how does the maftir proceed?
Synopsis
If the only person capable of reading the haftara already had an aliyah, the procedure depends on whether Kaddish has already been recited. After Kaddish, the prior oleh must re-read from the Torah and recite new blessings. Before Kaddish, the seventh person may serve as maftir without a new Torah reading.
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