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'''Hagba''' is the ritual lifting of the Sefer Torah to show it to the community. Gelilah is the ritual rolling and dressing of the Sefer Torah and is an accompanying ritual to Hagba. | '''Hagba''' is the ritual lifting of the Sefer Torah to show it to the community. '''Gelilah''' is the ritual rolling and dressing of the Sefer Torah and is an accompanying ritual to Hagba. | ||
*<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">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> | ||
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!Torah Types | !Torah Types | ||
!Style | |||
!When | !When | ||
!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 | ||
|After the Torah reading but before Haftorah | |||
|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) | ||
|Before the Torah reading | | Sephardi | ||
|Before the Torah reading | |||
|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. | |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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| Either | |||
|Hybrid Ashkenazi-Sephardi | |Hybrid Ashkenazi-Sephardi | ||
|Before & after | |Before & after | ||
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===Sources=== | ===Sources=== | ||
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[[Category:Prayer|Orach Chaim]] | [[Category:Prayer|Orach Chaim]] | ||
