Why are the first two aliyot of parshat Ki Tisa so long?
Some aliyot later in the parsha are pretty short.
It's not hard to guess why the second aliyah might be long. The second aliyah is the story of the Golden Calf. It's a long passage of Bad News. We usually assume that the Sages try to avoid ending an aliyah at a point of Bad News.
What about the first aliyah? Why is it so long?
My own personal answer will appear in a later post. Meanwhile, Dear Reader, please comment with your answer.
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The first aliyah is so long to enable the aliyah of the Golden Calf to be granted to a Levi, whose tribe did not sin with the calf.
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