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!Process | !Process | ||
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|Ashkenazi / Sephardi Torah Scroll (Atzei Chayim) | | Ashkenazi / Sephardi Torah Scroll (Atzei Chayim) | ||
| After the Torah reading but before Haftorah (Ashkenazi tradition) | |||
|The entire scroll is lifted during hagba. | |The entire scroll is lifted during hagba. | ||
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|Yemeni Torah (Cylindrical Carrier) | | Yemeni Torah (Cylindrical Carrier) | ||
|Only the parchment is lifted while the cylindrical carrier is left on the reading table of the bimah. The parchment is not touched with the actual hands | | Before the Torah reading (Sephardi tradition) | ||
|Only the parchment is lifted while the cylindrical carrier is left on the reading table of the bimah. The parchment is not touched with the actual hands but rather with a scarf or tallit between the physcial hands and the Torah. | |||
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| Hybrid Ashkenazi-Sephardi | |||
| Before & after | |||
| Some congregations now mix elements of the two traditions. | |||
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