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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> | ||
=== Torah Types & Hagba === | ===Torah Types & Hagba=== | ||
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!colspan="5"| Torah Types & Hagba | ! colspan="5" |Torah Types & Hagba | ||
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! Torah Types | !Torah Types | ||
! Process | !Process | ||
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| Ashkenazi / Sephardi Torah Scroll (Atzei Chayim) | |Ashkenazi / Sephardi Torah Scroll (Atzei Chayim) | ||
| | |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 bu rather with a scarf or tallit between the physcial hands and the Torah. | ||
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|} | |} | ||
