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<p class="indent">After the Torah is read,<ref>Most congregations perform hagba after the Torah has been read. In some congregations it is done before the Torah is read. There are also congregations that perform hagba both before and after the Torah reading. See Rivevot V’yovlot 3:2:1, 2.</ref> it is lifted for everyone in the congregation to see, a ritual known as hagba. When the Torah is lifted one should make an effort to see the letters of the scroll, to bow slightly, and to say the verse v’zot haTorah.”<ref>OC 134:2.</ref> It is said that a great light shines upon a person who makes an effort to read some of the words from the Torah scroll when hagba is performed.<ref>Mishna Berura 134:11. For much more on hagba see my Amot shel Halacha: Halachich Insights (Jerusalem: Urim, 2009).</ref> | |||
</p><p class="indent">The honor of dressing the Torah, referred to as gelila, is considered to be of equal value to all the aliyot combined.<ref>Megilla 32a. See Orchot Rabbeinu III, p. 216.</ref> Although the honor of gelila should actually be given to one of the more prominent members of the congregation,<ref>OC 147:1.</ref> many have the custom to award gelila to a child. This is done in order to expose the children of the congregation to “hands-on” mitzvot and to make them feel an integral part of the congregation.<ref>Mishna Berura 147:7.</ref> While some authorities frown on the practice of awarding gelila to a child, there are even stronger grounds to allow doing so in congregations (such as in Chabad) where the Torah is first placed on the shulchan before performing gelila.<ref>Aruch Hashulchan, OC 147:9. See also Bnei Tzion 147:1.</ref> | </p><p class="indent">The honor of dressing the Torah, referred to as gelila, is considered to be of equal value to all the aliyot combined.<ref>Megilla 32a. See Orchot Rabbeinu III, p. 216.</ref> Although the honor of gelila should actually be given to one of the more prominent members of the congregation,<ref>OC 147:1.</ref> many have the custom to award gelila to a child. This is done in order to expose the children of the congregation to “hands-on” mitzvot and to make them feel an integral part of the congregation.<ref>Mishna Berura 147:7.</ref> While some authorities frown on the practice of awarding gelila to a child, there are even stronger grounds to allow doing so in congregations (such as in Chabad) where the Torah is first placed on the shulchan before performing gelila.<ref>Aruch Hashulchan, OC 147:9. See also Bnei Tzion 147:1.</ref> | ||
</p><p class="indent">In some communities there is an additional honor that is awarded along with gelila: that of placing the ornamental crown upon the Torah when the gelila is completed. In most congregations, however, the one honored with gelila places the crown, breastplate, and all other decorative ornaments upon the Torah, as well.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Ha’Arizal, Nefilat Apayim, cited in Rivevot V’yovlot 3:2:1.</ref> There is no problem with using a Torah crown on Shabbat that has bells attached to it, since the purpose of the bells is not for music but rather merely in order to “announce” the movement of the Torah.<ref>Beit Yosef, OC 282; Magen Avraham, OC 338:1, Aruch Hashulchan, OC 338:3; Noda B’Yehuda, YD 62. For a stringent ruling see Taz, YD 282:2.</ref> One should never leave the synagogue sanctuary until hagba and gelila have been completed.<ref>Elya Rabba, OC 147; Aruch Hashulchan, OC 147:6, 15.</ref> | </p><p class="indent">In some communities there is an additional honor that is awarded along with gelila: that of placing the ornamental crown upon the Torah when the gelila is completed. In most congregations, however, the one honored with gelila places the crown, breastplate, and all other decorative ornaments upon the Torah, as well.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Ha’Arizal, Nefilat Apayim, cited in Rivevot V’yovlot 3:2:1.</ref> There is no problem with using a Torah crown on Shabbat that has bells attached to it, since the purpose of the bells is not for music but rather merely in order to “announce” the movement of the Torah.<ref>Beit Yosef, OC 282; Magen Avraham, OC 338:1, Aruch Hashulchan, OC 338:3; Noda B’Yehuda, YD 62. For a stringent ruling see Taz, YD 282:2.</ref> One should never leave the synagogue sanctuary until hagba and gelila have been completed.<ref>Elya Rabba, OC 147; Aruch Hashulchan, OC 147:6, 15.</ref> | ||
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