Related על מגילה 3:9

Rabbi Menachem son of Rabbi Yosei says, members of the congregation should not buy a town square [to use for public worship, cf. Meg. 3:1]. Said Rabbi Yehuda, to what case does this apply? To a situation where they did not make a stipulation to the leaders of the city, but if they made a stipulation to the leaders of the city, then the trustees of the charitable fund [may use the money to purchase] whatever thing they desire.

[With respect to] synagogues, one may not behave frivolously (lit. "light-headed") in them. One may not bring an animal inside them in summer due to the heat, in winter due to the cold, or in the rainy season due to the rains, nor may one eat in them, nor drink in them, nor sleep in them, nor wander around in them, nor adorn oneself in them. Rather, one may read [the Torah], or study the oral law, or give sermons in them. Public eulogies may be eulogized in them. Said Rabbi Yehuda, in what case does this apply? When they are occupied [by congregants]. But when they are in a state of ruin, we leave them alone and let grass grow up in them, due to the anguish of the soul [that they cause to those who see them in disrepair].

[When] Rosh Chodesh Adar falls on Shabbat, we read the portion of "Shekalim" (Ex. 30:11-16) and in addition we read the portion of the shekalim that concerns Yehoyada the Kohen (commencing with 2 Kings 12:8). What is the "first Shabbat"? Any Rosh Chodesh Adar falls within [that designation], even on Erev Shabbat. On the second Shabbat, [we read the portion beginning] "Remember [what Amalek did]" (Deut. 25:17) and additionally we read "Thus said the Lord of Hosts, I remember what Amelek did to Israel" (1 Sam. 15:2). What is the "second Shabbat"? Every [Shabbat] in which Purim falls within it, and even on Erev Shabbat. On the third [Sabbath we read the portion of] the Red Heifer, and additionally we read "And I will sprinkle pure water on you and you will be purified" (Ezek. 36:25). What is the "third Shabbat"? Any [Shabbat] that immediately follows Purim. The fourth [Shabbat we read], "This month shall be to you the head of the months" (Ex. 12:2), and in addition [we read] "Thus said the Lord, in the first [month], on the first of the month" (Ezek. 45:18). Which is the fourth Shabbat? Any [Shabbat] in which Rosh Chodesh Nissan falls within it, and even on Erev Shabbat.

On the first Yom Tov of Passover we read the section (Lev. 23) on "waving" that is in Torat Kohanim (i.e., Leviticus), and the remainder of all the days of Passover, we skip to other subjects [involving] Passover that are written in the Torah. On Shavuot [we read the section beginning with] "Seven weeks" (Deut. 16:9) and there are those that say [we read the passage beginning] "In the third month" (Ex. 19:1). On Rosh Hashanah [we read the passage beginning] "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, On the seventh month, on the first of the month, etc." (Lev. 23:24), and there are those that say [we read the passage beginning] "And the Lord remembered Sarah" (Gen. 21:1). On Yom Kippur we read "After the death" (Lev. 16:1), and we add "On the tenth" (Num. 28:12), which is in the Book of Numbers (see also Yoma 7:1). On the first Yom Tov of Sukkot (lit., "Festival") we read [the passage beginning] "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Festival of Sukkot, etc." (Lev. 23:34), and on the second day [we begin with] "On the second day," on the third [we begin with] "On the third day," on the fourth [we bigin with] "And on the fourth], on the fifth [we begin with] "And on the fifth," on the sixth [we begin with] "And on the sixth," on the seventh [we begin with] "And on the seventh," and on the eighth [we begin with] "And on the eighth" (see Num. 29).

On a Rosh Chodesh that falls on Chanukah, we read (Num. 28:11), "And on the first of your months [etc.]." At the place that they leave off [the Torah reading] in the morning service on Shabbat, they begin from that point in the afternoon service. [Where they leave off] in the afternoon service, they begin from that point on Monday, [and from where they leave off] on Monday, they begin from point on Thursday, [and from where they leave off] on Thursday, they begin from that point on the next Shabbat. Rabbi Yehuda says, at the place where they leave off [the Torah reading] in the morning service on Shabbat, they begin from there on the next Shabbat.

One who leads the responsive recitation of the Shema, or blesses over fruit or over matzah, behold, he should not answer "amen" after himself. If he answered ["amen" after his own prayer], behold, this is how ignoramuses act. We do not answer with either an "orphaned amen" (i.e., where one does not know to what blessing he is saying "amen"), or a "truncated [amen]" (i.e., where one does not pronounce the entire word). Ben Azzai says, one who answers with an "orphaned amen" -- his children will be orphaned; with a "truncated [amen]," his days will be truncated. But whoever prolongs [his amen], his days and years will be prolonged.