17. It is customary to honor the Rabbi with maftir on Shabbos Chazon (the Shabbos before Tish'ah B'av), since he knows how to [recite the Haftorah] mournfully ("le'konein") [as is appropriate] (1). Therefore, he should not be given the third aliyah [on this Shabbos] (2).

FOOTNOTES:

(1) As opposed to the regular tune for the Haftorah.

(2) See Magen Avraham 282:14.

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