Hagbah and Gelila: Difference between revisions
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</p><p class="indent">The one who performs gelila should not tie the Torah’s belt in an especially strong or permanent type of knot. Doing so would pose a halachic problem on Shabbat, as one is not permitted to untie a permanent type of knot on Shabbat.<ref>See Rivevot V’yovlot 3:2:19 at length.</ref> It goes without saying that when performing gelila on Shabbat one may not make a permanent knot. Instead, one should tie the belt with a bow on top of a single knot as is done when tying shoes, a lone bow, or simply to wrap the belt around the Torah and tuck in the ends.<ref>Aruch Hashulchan, OC 317:10; Shemirat Shabbat K’hilchata 15, n. 178; Tzitz Eliezer 7:29; Minchat Shabbat 80:155. </ref> Velcro Torah belts, or those whose ends clip into one another, are ideal and pose no halachic concerns.<ref>Rivevot V’yovlot 2:458.</ref> The one honored with reading the Haftorah should wait until gelila is completed before beginning the preliminary blessings.<ref>OC 147:7; Birkei Yosef 147; Mishna Berura 147:23; Kaf Hachaim, OC 147:40.</ref> | </p><p class="indent">The one who performs gelila should not tie the Torah’s belt in an especially strong or permanent type of knot. Doing so would pose a halachic problem on Shabbat, as one is not permitted to untie a permanent type of knot on Shabbat.<ref>See Rivevot V’yovlot 3:2:19 at length.</ref> It goes without saying that when performing gelila on Shabbat one may not make a permanent knot. Instead, one should tie the belt with a bow on top of a single knot as is done when tying shoes, a lone bow, or simply to wrap the belt around the Torah and tuck in the ends.<ref>Aruch Hashulchan, OC 317:10; Shemirat Shabbat K’hilchata 15, n. 178; Tzitz Eliezer 7:29; Minchat Shabbat 80:155. </ref> Velcro Torah belts, or those whose ends clip into one another, are ideal and pose no halachic concerns.<ref>Rivevot V’yovlot 2:458.</ref> The one honored with reading the Haftorah should wait until gelila is completed before beginning the preliminary blessings.<ref>OC 147:7; Birkei Yosef 147; Mishna Berura 147:23; Kaf Hachaim, OC 147:40.</ref> | ||
===Literary Source=== | |||
Nehemiah 8:5 is the primary source for Hagba: וַיִּפְתַּ֨ח עֶזְרָ֤א הַסֵּ֙פֶר֙ לְעֵינֵ֣י כָל־הָעָ֔ם כִּֽי־מֵעַ֥ל כָּל־הָעָ֖ם הָיָ֑ה וּכְפִתְח֖וֹ עָֽמְד֥וּ כָל־הָעָֽם׃ | |||
===Literary Source | |||
Nehemiah 8 | |||
וַיִּפְתַּ֨ח עֶזְרָ֤א הַסֵּ֙פֶר֙ לְעֵינֵ֣י כָל־הָעָ֔ם כִּֽי־מֵעַ֥ל כָּל־הָעָ֖ם הָיָ֑ה וּכְפִתְח֖וֹ עָֽמְד֥וּ כָל־הָעָֽם׃ | |||
Ezra opened the scroll in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people; as he opened it, all the people stood up. | Ezra opened the scroll in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people; as he opened it, all the people stood up. | ||