Q. This past Shabbos, Parashas Tzav, we read in the Haftarah the sentence (Yirmiya 7:34) "And I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of gladness, and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride ; for a desert shall the land become."
Supposing that a chassan was celebrating his Aufruf that week, is it a Siman Lo Tov for him to read this portion?
If it is, should he read a different Haftarah and what should he read instead?
I have heard that some say he should read "Sos Asis" (Haftarah of Nitzavim). I find that difficult for even those who say that a Chassan reads "Sos Asis" were talking about Shabbos Sheva Brachos when the wedding was celebrated on Friday and the wedding feast on Friday night. (see Wormser Minhagbuch, vol. 2, p. 56, note 65.)
A. Although it is conceivable that one may skip those dismal pesukim, (as minchag Chabad does,) Horav Shlomo Millers Shlita opinion is that it is unnecessary, and the chosson may read them.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a
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