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# One may not stand in a shul where the local rabbi sits because of acting arrogantly (Yuhara). <ref>Rabbi Hershel Schachter in a [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/802935/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Inyonei_Krias_Hatorah# shiur on yutorah.org "Inyonei Krias HaTorah"] (min 55)</ref> | # One may not stand in a shul where the local rabbi sits because of acting arrogantly (Yuhara). <ref>Rabbi Hershel Schachter in a [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/802935/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Inyonei_Krias_Hatorah# shiur on yutorah.org "Inyonei Krias HaTorah"] (min 55)</ref> | ||
==Mistake While Reading== | ==Procedure When Going up to the Torah== | ||
===Reading Along with the Baal Koreh=== | |||
# The one who goes up to the torah should read along with the baal koreh quietly. <ref> Yechave Daat 4:11 based on Rosh Megilla 3:1 and 10, Shulchan Aruch OC 141:2 </ref> | |||
===The Proper Way to Hold the Sefer Torah When Receiving an Aliya=== | |||
# When one is called to the Torah for an Aliya, he should hold onto the Sefer Torah while reciting the Beracha. see note for proper procedure<ref> Shulchan Aruch OC 139:11. Rabbi Yosef Chaim (Ben Ish Chai Parashat Toledot Halacha 18 elaborates on the details of how precisely one should hold the Torah. He writes that when one is called to the Torah, he should first look at the text and see the first verse that will be read. He should then cover the writing with a cloth, and the text should remain covered until after the Beracha. While reciting the Beracha, one should hold onto the Torah scroll, his right hand should hold onto the right scroll, and his left hand should hold the left scroll. One should hold the Torah itself, and not the casing. As it is improper to directly touch the parchment, one should hold the Torah with a cloth, such as his Tallit. After completing the Beracha, one should remove his left hand from the Torah but continue holding the Torah with his right hand. He should continue holding onto the Torah with his right hand throughout the reading of the Torah. The Ben Ish Hai notes that this procedure is based upon the teachings of the Arizal, as written in Sha’ar Ha’kavanot. </ref> | |||
# It is forbidden to hold onto to the parchment of the sefer torah without an intervening cloth, whether one is involved with rolling the sefer torah during kriyat hatorah or any other time.<ref>[[Megillah]] 32a says that a person who holds the parchment of a sefer torah without a covering of his hands he doesn't receive reward for the mitzvah he did while holding onto the sefer torah. Chazon Ovadyah ([[Shabbat]] vol 2, p. 266) writes that its forbidden to hold onto the parchment during kriyat hatorah or at any other time.</ref> | |||
==Laws for the Baal Koreh (the Reader)== | |||
===Amen=== | |||
# Although usually one may not respond Amen louder than the blessing to which one is responding, the person reading the torah may say Amen in a loud voice. This is acceptable because we want to alert the congregation that the reading is beginning. <ref> Sh"t Rivivot Ephraim 1:106 </ref> | |||
===Mistake While Reading=== | |||
# On [[Shabbat]], if the one who read the Torah missed a word or pasuk, one needs to repeat that pasuk. Even if the Sefer Torah was already returned to the aron, one should take out the torah and read from the beginning of that pasuk and two other pesukim as well.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 137:3, Mishna Brurah 137:8. Nishmat Adam 31:1 writes that one does not need to read the pesukim in order and if one is repeating for a missed one pasuk one doesn't need to continue to read everything afterwards in order.</ref> | # On [[Shabbat]], if the one who read the Torah missed a word or pasuk, one needs to repeat that pasuk. Even if the Sefer Torah was already returned to the aron, one should take out the torah and read from the beginning of that pasuk and two other pesukim as well.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 137:3, Mishna Brurah 137:8. Nishmat Adam 31:1 writes that one does not need to read the pesukim in order and if one is repeating for a missed one pasuk one doesn't need to continue to read everything afterwards in order.</ref> | ||
==Haftorah== | ==Haftorah== | ||
# One may not speak when the maftir is reading the Haftorah.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 79:4</ref> | # One may not speak when the maftir is reading the Haftorah.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 79:4</ref> | ||
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# Only the maftir should read the Haftorah aloud and the rest of the congregation should read along quietly. If they read along loudly it could distract other people and also might make them miss listening to the [[Brachot]] of the Haftorah. If one is still in the middle of the Haftorah and the Maftir finished the Haftorah, one should pause and listen to the [[Brachot]].<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 79:5</ref> | # Only the maftir should read the Haftorah aloud and the rest of the congregation should read along quietly. If they read along loudly it could distract other people and also might make them miss listening to the [[Brachot]] of the Haftorah. If one is still in the middle of the Haftorah and the Maftir finished the Haftorah, one should pause and listen to the [[Brachot]].<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 79:5</ref> | ||
# If it is a double parsha, the Haftorah comes from the second parsha.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 79:6</ref> | # If it is a double parsha, the Haftorah comes from the second parsha.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 79:6</ref> | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/802935/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Inyonei_Krias_Hatorah# Inyonei Krias Hatorah] by Rav Herschel Schachter | * [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/802935/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Inyonei_Krias_Hatorah# Inyonei Krias Hatorah] by Rav Herschel Schachter | ||
