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Around the 400-500's BCE, the elders decided that not enough people were attending schul on Saturdays when the entire parsha was read. So they decided to also read parts of the parsha in the marketplace (while everyone was shopping) to reach more people .... marketplace days occurred twice a week.

Current practices echo that tradition.

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