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==Taking out the Sefer Torah== | ==Taking out the Sefer Torah== | ||
# The minhag is to kiss the Sefer Torah when it is carried out of the aron but one shouldn't touch the Siddur to the Sefer Torah and kiss that since it is appears as though you're using the Siddur as an extension of your hand in a disrespectful way.<ref>Rav Chaim Kanievsky (quoted by Ohel Yakov Kavod Ukedushat Sefarim p. 1)</ref> | |||
# One should be careful to not touch the parchment of the Sefer Torah. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 23:4 </ref> However, some say that one only needs to be careful to not touch the parchment of a Sefer Torah while it is being read from or between readings. <ref> BI"H S"S Toledot 18 </ref> | # One should be careful to not touch the parchment of the Sefer Torah. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 23:4 </ref> However, some say that one only needs to be careful to not touch the parchment of a Sefer Torah while it is being read from or between readings. <ref> BI"H S"S Toledot 18 </ref> | ||
==Talking during Kriyat HaTorah== | ==Talking during Kriyat HaTorah== | ||
# From the time the Sefer Torah is opened to make the [[Brachot HaTorah]] it’s forbidden to speak at all even words of Torah. Giving a halachic ruling is forbidden unless it’s in order to prevent someone from doing a prohibition and it’s impossible to signal to him. <Ref>S”A 146:2, Mishna Brurah 146:4,5 </ref> | # From the time the Sefer Torah is opened to make the [[Brachot HaTorah]] it’s forbidden to speak at all even words of Torah. Giving a halachic ruling is forbidden unless it’s in order to prevent someone from doing a prohibition and it’s impossible to signal to him. <Ref>S”A 146:2, Mishna Brurah 146:4,5 </ref> |