שׁ֚וּבָה יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עַ֖ד יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ כִּ֥י כָשַׁ֖לְתָּ בַּעֲוֺנֶֽךָ׃
Возвратись, Господь, к Господу Богу твоему; Ты споткнулся в беззаконии твоем.
Jerusalem Talmud Yoma
21This paragraph is also in Megillah 4:5 (75b l. 52), ל. Quoted in Tosaphot Yeshenim70a. There22Mishnah Megillah 4:5., we have stated: “One skips in prophets; one does not skip in the Torah.23Public readings of the Torah must present a continuous text. Readings from the Prophets may be pieced together, such as in the Ashkenazic Haftara to Yitro, Is. 6:1–7:6, 9:5–6.” “One skips in prophets,” but one does not skip from one prophet to another, except that one is permitted to skip between the Twelve Prophets24The 12 minor prophets are considered one book. The Ashkenazic Haftara for the Sabbath between New Year’s day and Yom Kippur is composed of Hos. 14:2–10 and either Joel 2:15–27 or Micah7:18–20.. “One does not skip in the Torah.” Rebbi Jeremiah in the name of Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish: Because one does not scroll the book of the Torah in public. Rebbi Yose asked, think of it, if it was a small paragraph25If one continues on the same page after an interruption, nothing has to be scrolled.? But so that Israel should hear the Torah in due order. But did we not state: “he reads after the death4Lev. 16:1–34. and but on the tenth day”5Lev.23:26–32.? There is a difference since this is the order of the day. You should know this, as Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish said, one never recites from memory but here he recites26The sacrifices detailed in Num.19:7–11 (offered by the High Priest in his year-round “golden” garments) are completely different from those required by Lev. 16, for whose service white linen garments are prescribed. Therefore mention of the text in Num. 19 is essential, but scrolling such a large distance would be an interruption of the public service.. Rebbi Yose ordered Bar Ulla, the beadle of the synagogue of the Babylonians: If there is one Torah27On a day which requires reading two different sections, such as a New Moon celebrated on a Sabbath, or a holiday. Then the Torah has to be scrolled, but this should not be done in public., scroll it behind a curtain. If there are two, take away one and bring the other28This is current Sephardic practice, in contrast to current Ashkenazic procedure where the second Torah is brought before the first is lifted..
Yoma
And yet, Reish Lakish said: Repentance is great, for intentional sins are made for him into virtues, as it says (Ezekiel 33:19), "And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby."