Halakha 1 Samuel 1:1: Mishneh Torah, Prayer and the Priestly Blessing & Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim

On New Year, the section is that beginning, "And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month" (Numbers 29:1). It is however a general custom to read on the first day the section beginning, "And the Lord remembered Sarah" (Genesis 21:1-34); and the lesson from the Prophets is that beginning, "Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim—zophim" (I Samuel 1:1-2:10). On the second day, the section read is that beginning, "And it came to pass after these things that God did prove Abraham" (Genesis 22:1-24); and the lesson from the Prophets is that concluding, "Is Ephraim a darling son unto me" (Jeremiah 31:1-19).

2. We take out two Torah scrolls. In the first one, we read five portions from "God attended Sarah" [Genesis 21:1] until "After these things" [Genesis 22:1]. If it is Shabbat, we read seven portions [from this selection]. The maftir reads from the second scroll from Pinchas, "In the seventh month..." [Numbers 29:1] and for the haftarah, "There was a man from Ramatayim" [1 Samuel 1:1] until "He will bring triumph to His annointed one" [1 Samuel 2:10]. Rem"a: Some places have the custom of calling up the shofar blower for one of the five aliyot to the Torah (Kol Bo).