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Halakhah for Isaiah 61:10

שׂ֧וֹשׂ אָשִׂ֣ישׂ בַּֽיהוָ֗ה תָּגֵ֤ל נַפְשִׁי֙ בֵּֽאלֹהַ֔י כִּ֤י הִלְבִּישַׁ֙נִי֙ בִּגְדֵי־יֶ֔שַׁע מְעִ֥יל צְדָקָ֖ה יְעָטָ֑נִי כֶּֽחָתָן֙ יְכַהֵ֣ן פְּאֵ֔ר וְכַכַּלָּ֖ה תַּעְדֶּ֥ה כֵלֶֽיהָ׃

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, My soul shall be joyful in my God; For He hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, He hath covered me with the robe of victory, As a bridegroom putteth on a priestly diadem, And as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim

The custom on a Shabbos where a groom is present is to recite after the Haftarah [The word "Haftarah": some say it is [related to] the phrase "Ain maftirin achar hapesach" ("We do not eat anything after the [korban] pesach"), which means to remove (ie. which signals the end); meaning, it is the removal/ending of the morning prayers] of that week, two or three verses from the Haftarah "Sos Asis" ("I greatly rejoice" - Isaiah 61:10). And when Rosh Chodesh falls out on Shabbos and Sunday, after we recite the Haftarah for that Shabbos, we recite the first and last verse of the Haftarah "Va'yomer Lo Yehonatan, machar chodesh" ("And Yehonatan said to him 'tomorrow will be the new moon'" - Samuel 20:18). And one should not protest [this custom]. (And see below in siman 425 se'if 3, and the end of siman 428 for what our custom is.)
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