Why do we read the Haftorah?
The Tosafos Yom Tov (Megillah 3:4) writes that King Antiyochus set a decree that the Jews were forbidden from reading the Torah and therefore they began to read portions of the Navi that were connected to the weekly Sedrah. This is obviously why we try to find and explore the connection between the two. Despite the fact that this decree of the Greeks on us is no longer applicable we still keep the practice to read the weekly haftorah. The reason why no portions are read from Kesuvim is either because Antiyochus' decree included Kesuvim or because only in Neveim are we able to find a connection between it and the Sedrah. (Levush Orach Chaim 284:1)
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