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MISSING! Torah reading for Rosh Hashana Day 1 Mincha Service on Shabbat
When RH falls on Shabbat, as it does this year in 2026, there's an additional Torah reading during the Mincha service as follows:
Aliyah 1: Deuteronomy 32:1-3
Aliyah 2: Deuteronomy 32:4-6
Aliyah 3: Deuteronomy 32:7-12
These are missing in the Holiday Torah reading tables! Kindly add this.
Thank you!
Answer
Thanks for the careful report! Good news: this reading isn't actually missing — and it's not technically a Rosh Hashana reading, which is why it's not in the holiday tables.
Rosh Hashana itself has no afternoon (Mincha) Torah reading. The reason there's a Mincha reading this year is simply that Rosh Hashana Day 1 falls on Shabbat, and on every Shabbat afternoon we read the opening aliyot of the coming week's parsha. The parsha after Rosh Hashana 5787 is Ha'azinu, so the Shabbat-Mincha reading is Deuteronomy 32:1-12 (exactly the three aliyot you listed).
We publish these Shabbat-afternoon readings (which are identical to the Monday/Thursday weekday readings) in our weekday leyning spreadsheet rather than the holiday tables, to avoid confusion between the Shabbat morning and Shabbat afternoon services. You'll find Ha'azinu 32:1-12 there.
https://www.hebcal.com/sedrot/weekday-diaspora-5787.csv
More on which files contain what: https://www.hebcal.com/home/48/download-aliyot-breakdown-of-torah-readings
By contrast, Yom Kippur Mincha (Leviticus 18 + Jonah) is in the holiday tables, because that one is an intrinsic part of the day itself, read every year regardless of whether YK falls on Shabbat or another day of the week.
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Thanks for the careful report! Good news: this reading isn't actually missing — and it's not technically a Rosh Hashana reading, which is why it's not in the holiday tables.
Rosh Hashana itself has no afternoon (Mincha) Torah reading. The reason there's a Mincha reading this year is simply that Rosh Hashana Day 1 falls on Shabbat, and on every Shabbat afternoon we read the opening aliyot of the coming week's parsha. The parsha after Rosh Hashana 5787 is Ha'azinu, so the Shabbat-Mincha reading is Deuteronomy 32:1-12 (exactly the three aliyot you listed).
We publish these Shabbat-afternoon readings (which are identical to the Monday/Thursday weekday readings) in our weekday leyning spreadsheet rather than the holiday tables, to avoid confusion between the Shabbat morning and Shabbat afternoon services. You'll find Ha'azinu 32:1-12 there.
https://www.hebcal.com/sedrot/weekday-diaspora-5787.csv
More on which files contain what: https://www.hebcal.com/home/48/download-aliyot-breakdown-of-torah-readings
By contrast, Yom Kippur Mincha (Leviticus 18 + Jonah) is in the holiday tables, because that one is an intrinsic part of the day itself, read every year regardless of whether YK falls on Shabbat or another day of the week.