Questions tagged [torah-reading]
reading from the Torah scroll (reading and blessings)
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Why wasn't the Torah given earlier?
The world existed for over 2000 years before the Torah was given en masse. If the Torah and our fulfilling of it, is the point of creation, why was it given after so long?
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What is Chazakah from 3 Times action [duplicate]
Hi I want to know what does it really mean a chazakah that gets formed after 3 actions and is it a sin of you don't do that same action the 4th time and what is the source of this law and how far does ...
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Why don't we lain the Makkos on Pesach?
There are several portions in the Torah that discuss Pesach, and we lain most (if not all) of them on Pesach, plus the actual story of Kriyas Yam Suf. Why don't we, in a similar vein, read the Makkos ...
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Torah Reading for Chet Haegel, when the reader is a Levi
The Be'er Heitev in OH 428(7) brings the custom to arrange the aliyos in Parshas Ki Sisa so that the story of the Cheit Haegel is read during the Levi aliyah.
גם נוהגין לקרות ללוי פ' העגל וקורין אותה ...
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Reciting Torah by heart?
I know there is a tradition that you must read Torah on the bimah from a scroll, and not recite the verses by heart. What is the source of that tradition? And is the reason only that you are less ...
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History of Hashkeim vs. Bo
I learned in this book that in some ancient traditions, they started a new parsha at Hashkeim (barad) instead of at Bo (arbeh), as I'm used to. (This is a variation of the minhag to read the whole ...
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If Orach Chayim 53:14 prohibits 'memorized' Torah recited by the Blind, Why are synagogues allowed to hear 'memorized' Qere [during Torah portion]?
If spoken קְרִי Qere corrections are never written in any Torah (but memorized like a Blind recitation : Orach Chayim 53:14), Why are synagogues allowed to hear Qere [during Torah portion]?
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Waiting for someone to finish prayer at Torah reading
Consider a minyan of exactly 10 adult males. When they are about to remove the Torah from the ark, they realise that one of their friends is still is in his silent prayer. Can they proceed with the ...
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Pausing Longer After Pesucha/Setuma
Should a Baal Koreh pause longer after a pesucha or chasuma than he would for the end of a posuk for Krias Hatorah?
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Why can I pronounce the name of a false god when reading from a sefer Torah in shul?
In Exodus 23:13 we read the following prohibition against pronouncing the names of false gods:
Concerning all that I have said to you you shall beware, and the name of the gods of others you shall ...
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Learning to chant Torah with trope
It takes me at least 3-4 hours (cumulative) to learn 5-10 psukim (sentences) in trope. This is just one Aliyah! And unlike many of you, I know the notes, the grammar, and understand most of the words. ...
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Why do we have "noten Lecha" in the first sentence of Ki Tavo and "noten Lach" in the second?
This question seems similar to the question about Modim for which there are four answers, but none of those answers fit here. In particular, the trope is the same on both phrases. This is clearly ...
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Tune for Travels in Parshas Maasei [duplicate]
In parshas Maasei, many have the minhag to do a tune for the travels at the beginning of the Parsha (Perek 33). Is anyone aware of a source or reason for this minhag?
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What is the meaning of the phrase: "you will be gathered unto your people," mentioned by the passing of Moshe and Aharon?
The phrase arises as follows:
Numbers 27:13
וראיתה אתה ונאספת אל עמיך גם אתה כאשר נאסף אהרן אחיך
And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy
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Aliya Ending In Parshas Ki Sisa [duplicate]
When laining Parshas Ki Sisa for the Parshas Hashavua, Chamishi ends after Perek 34 Passuk 9. But when we lain that portion on fast days and yomim tovim, the aliyah ends one passuk later. Why is that? ...
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Permissibility of Torah Reading Before Netilat Yadayim
Is it permissible to read Torah or pray before morning netilat yadayim if one says “HaShem” or “Adonai” rather than vocalizing The Divine Name?
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What is the relationship between Ezra's scroll and the Aleppo/Leningrad codeces?
I'm a little bit confused. If Ezra re-established a singular text to the Torah, how is it that we have the Aleppo Codex and the Leningrad Codex and three different scribal traditions for Ashkenaz, ...
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What was the original reason to read Vezos Haberacha on the second day of Shemini Atzeres?
Contrary to popular belief, it would seem that the practice to read Vezos HaBeracha, the final parsha of the Torah, on the second day of Shemini Atzeres wasn't in order to finish the Torah on that day....
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Could someone help me find a Tanakh vowelised according to the Yemenite Tradition?
I would like to study the Yemenite traditions of pronounciation in reading. However, I'm unsure where to find a copy of the Tanakh with such notation. If anyone could assist me in this it would be ...
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Listening to a Torah reading at night
Many Poskim rule based on Kabala that one is not to read verses of Mikra [Written Torah] at night.(בבאר היטב סימן רל"ח, ועיין בשער הציון סק"א)
https://shulchanaruchharav.com/reading-tehillim-...
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Why does the pronunciation of names change? [closed]
I am surprised I couldn’t find an answer to this. As we’ve seen in the first few parshiyos (Bereishis, Noach Lech Lecha) there are times when the Torah will write a name with one set of Nikkudot, and ...
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Why do we say LeDavid Mizmor while returning the Torah at Mincha on Shabbat?
When returning the Torah to the Torah ark on Shabbat morning, our custom is to say Mizmor Ledavid (Ashkenaz, Nosah Sfard). On a regular day and on Yom Tov that is not Shabbat, we say LeDavid Mizmor. ...
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Is it sufficient to start Torah reading after only 2.5 verses in a parasha?
In Torah reading, we don't start reading in the middle of a parasha when there are fewer than three verses preceding in the parasha, and similarly we don't stop reading in the middle of a parasha ...
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Melacha explicitly in the Chumash
How many, and which, melachot of shabbos are explicitly mentioned in the Chumash?
For example, I know the Chumash mentions not making a fire; is this the only example of such or are there more which ...
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Calling a convert up to the Torah as "Ben Avraham Avinu"
I hear sometimes people being called up to the Torah as "Ploni Ben Avraham Avinu"
I assume that these are people who - by their own choice - wish to advertise that they are converts. (I also ...
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What would be a case where a shul would read from the Torah for five consecutive days? [closed]
Not including Chanukah, where we read for 8 days, or Pesach and Sukkos, where it is read for eight and nine days respectively (in Israel, 7 and 8).
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Learning How to Lein, Chabad-style
I have trouble picking up tunes, and therefore I have never been able to catch how to lein. I have listened to a few Torah reading tutorial tapes, listened to the Chabad cantillation tune many time, ...
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Does one call up to the Torah someone already "up"?
As a followup to this question, the pandemic has created some interesting situations. In one shul in which I daven, on a Monday/Thursday the one who reads the Torah also receives all the aliyot. As ...
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Error in Old "Ktav" Edition of "Tikkun LaKor'im"
I have an old copy of the old Ktav edition of "Tikkun LaKor'im, which was published in 1946.
It was printed using an copy of a hand-written Torah, of unknown provenance.
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Leniency in pronunciation while reading the Megillah (Iggeres)
I've heard that we are more lenient in regards to krias haMigglah than to krias haTorah (in regards to pronunciation), since the Migglah refers the itself as an Iggeres (letter). If this so, to what ...
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Parshas Zachor during Mincha reading?
I was told about a synagogue where they had a second reading of Parshas Zachor during the reading for Mincha with the following procedure: The first two aliyos are read normally, and for the third ...
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At which point during the Torah reading on Shabbat is it appropriate to recite the prayer for the sick (מי שברך לחולים)?
Is there a correct or preferred point (aliyah) during the Shabbat Torah reading at which the traditional "mi shebeirach lecholim" prayer for the sick should be recited by the gabbai?
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Reading only the Four Parshiyot?
R. Ami in Megillah 30b implies that on the weeks of the Four Parshiyot, only those passages were read, in place of (rather than in addition to) the weekly parasha.
How did this work? Some of these ...
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לָ vs. לַ vs. לְ and וָ vs. וַ vs. וְ
What are the differences in meaning between the prefix of the letter ל (lamed), when different vowels are used [i.e. לַ (patach), לָ (kumatz) and לְ (shva)]? What about variants of the usage of the ...
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What should the Gabbai say when calling up the Cohen when there is no Levi?
I've recently attended minyanim with no Levi and each time, the Kohen was called up twice.
The confident Gabbaim seem to just declare 'Bimkom Levi' whilst the less confident ones just mumble.
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What is maftir for Shabbat Channukah?
Hopefully someone knows this, since I see conflicting info online. What is the maftir for first shabbos of channuka (this coming shabbos, second day channuka, parshat Vayeshev). Is it (a) Bamidbar 7:...
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What did it use to mean for a kohen to get a second aliyah?
If there is no levi present in the synagogue, the second aliyah is given to the kohen who received the first aliyah. (Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 135:8)
Now, originally only the first and last olim ...
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Must someone be called to the Torah at all?
A followup to this question.
One of the practices I have seen in this pandemic age is that one individual gets all the aliyot (often the one doing the laining). In that case, not only is there no ...
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Final Pay ף ??? - Exists or Not? [duplicate]
Just confirming that there doesn't exist anywhere in Tanach a final Pay (not Fay but rather a ף with a Dagesh). If so, it is a fascinating that it doesn't.
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Why do we read VeZot HaBerachah on Shemini Atzeret? [duplicate]
Megillah 31a teaches that the Torah reading for the second day of Shemini Atzeret (observed outside of Israel) is VeZot HaBerachah.
Why is this passage an appropriate reading for Shemini Atzeret?
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Must baal keriah be in same reshut as congregation
Due to corona virus, I've seen some shuls are arranging davening such that everyone is outdoors except the Torah reader who is indoors and a door or window is opened so that the reader can be heard ...
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Intend not to fulfill Krias Hatorah
May one have in mind not to be yoitzeh krias hatorah in a minyan that he is participating in order to be metzaref for another minyan later?
For example (according to the opinion that on Mon,Thu you ...
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Is Akdomus a Dvor Shebikedushah which would require a minyan to read it?
There are communities which still are in lock-down and will be unable to have a minyan on Shavuos. Members of some of these communities, will read the Torah portion at home.
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Why need to be careful with Yad
I was in shul and the Torah reader was not careful not to block the words with the Yad when he was reading.
I was taught that he should be careful, but I did not tell him anything I first want to ...
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During covid-related social distancing minyan is it better for one person to get all aliyot or multiple people at a distance?
During the current covid-19 outbreak all shuls in the United States have closed and minyanim are for the most part not being conducted. The OU recently released guidance to be used when minyanim in ...
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What was the original Torah reading in Israel on 16th Nissan?
The currently practiced Torah reading in Israel for the first day of Chol Hamoed Pesach is identical to that read in the Diaspora on the same day (where it is the second day of Yom Tov) namely ...
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What is the Torah Reading for the Afternoon of Shabbat Chol Hamoed?
When Shabbat occurs on Chol Hamoed of either Sukkot or Passover, the Torah verses Exodus 33:12–34:26 are read in the morning, but what verses are read at the Minchah service in the afternoon?
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Why is it neccessary to call up multiple people to read the Torah in synogogue?
Wouldn't it make sense for one reader to do the whole thing?
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Catching up the missing weeks of Krias Hatorah
Due to the current health crisis, all shuls are closed. As a result, the weekly Torsh portion will not be read.
After this is all over and synagogue services are resumed, will we:
Continue where we ...
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Is Shenayim Mikra dependent on there being a public Torah-reading?
The Talmud (Berachot 8a) states:
אמר רב הונא בר יהודה אמר רבי אמי לעולם ישלים אדם פרשיותיו עם הצבור שנים מקרא ואחד תרגום ואפילו ואפילו עטרות ודיבון שכל המשלים פרשיותיו עם הצבור מאריכין לו ימיו ...
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