Five Megillot

[3] All five of these megillot ("scrolls") are traditionally read publicly in the synagogue over the course of the year in many Jewish communities.

[4] In common printed editions of the Tanakh they appear in the order that they are read in the synagogue on holidays (beginning with Passover).[2]: p.

The Book of Lamentations (איכה Eikhah or Kinnot) is read on the night of Tisha B'Av in all Jewish communities.

Ecclesiastes (קהלת Kohelet) is read publicly in some communities, especially by Ashkenazim, on the Sabbath of Sukkot.

As indicated above, however, only two of the megillot are traditionally read in all Jewish communities, Esther on Purim and Lamentations on Tisha B'Av.

To read them is a venerable custom among Ashkenazim, but some Sephardic Jews do not associate the three books with the three festivals.