Why do most Chumashim mark the end of a Sidra with 3 parsha markings?

Asked May 08 '18 at 18:44

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With the exception of the end of Vayigash, every Sidrah (Shabbat weekly Torah reading) ends at a parsha (paragraph end.)

When there is a parsha end in the middle of the sidrah, Chumashim use a single ס or פ. At the end of the sidrah, most Chumashim use 3 ס or פ. (See an example here.)

Why do they use more than one, and why specifically 3 (as opposed to 2 or 4, etc.)?

edited May 08 '18 at 19:18

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asked May 08 '18 at 18:44

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Related: https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/34775/three-letters-at-the-end-of-the-parasha – Kazi bácsi May 09 '18 at 09:31
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and if it was 2 or 4, you'd ask the same question. – רבות מחשבות Feb 18 '19 at 18:27
@רבותמחשבות You're mechavein to the first three sources here. – Alex Feb 18 '19 at 19:04
@Alex you may remember who awarded a bounty on that question... – רבות מחשבות Feb 18 '19 at 21:37
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@רבותמחשבות I remember it well. – Alex Feb 18 '19 at 21:39
@ רבותמחשבות "and if it was 2 or 4, you'd ask the same question". Actually, not, b/c I would be asking about 2 or 4, not 3 ;-) And, if you had an answer, you would give me the same answer regardless of the number I asked about, right? So what's your point? – DanF Feb 19 '19 at 14:42

Why do most Chumashim mark the end of a Sidra with 3 parsha markings?

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