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#The honor of Hagbah is very great and the reward for it is tantamount to the reward for all of those who got aliyot combined. Therefore, the honor should be given to the greatest Talmid Chacham present.<ref>Gemara Megillah 32a, Tur and Shulchan Aruch O.C. 147:1. Even though the Shulchan Aruch writes that the honor should be given to the greatest of those who got an aliyah today, the Mishna Brurah 147:6 writes that the minhag today is to give the Hagbah to the greatest in the shul.</ref> If someone buys the honor he has first rights.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 147:1, Mishna Brurah 147:8</ref> | #The honor of Hagbah is very great and the reward for it is tantamount to the reward for all of those who got aliyot combined. Therefore, the honor should be given to the greatest Talmid Chacham present.<ref>Gemara Megillah 32a, Tur and Shulchan Aruch O.C. 147:1. Even though the Shulchan Aruch writes that the honor should be given to the greatest of those who got an aliyah today, the Mishna Brurah 147:6 writes that the minhag today is to give the Hagbah to the greatest in the shul.</ref> If someone buys the honor he has first rights.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 147:1, Mishna Brurah 147:8</ref> | ||
#Someone weak or has shaky hands shouldn't do Hagbah. He should turn down the honor. Also, the gabbay shouldn't give Hagbah to such a person.<ref>Mishna Brurah 147:7</ref> | #Someone weak or has shaky hands shouldn't do Hagbah. He should turn down the honor. Also, the gabbay shouldn't give Hagbah to such a person.<ref>Mishna Brurah 147:7</ref> | ||
===What to Do during Hagbah=== | |||
#During Hagbah the congregation looks at the writing of the Sefer Torah<ref>Mishna Brurah 134:12 clarifies that וזאת התורה is only recited for seeing the writing in the sefer torah.</ref> and says "וזאת התורה אשר שם משה לפני בני ישראל".<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 134:2</ref> This applies to men as well as women in shul at the time of hagbah.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Lisha Ulbat 9:38)</ref> | |||
#During psukei dzimra, birchot kriyat shema, or shema a person should not interrupt for hagbah. Rather he should look at the torah and think about the pasuk of וזאת התורה.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 134:8</ref> If he's in between psukei dzimra and brachot kriyat shema he can recite the pasuk for hagbah as usual.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 51:14</ref> | |||
#If someone is in the middle of putting on tefillin of rabbenu tam when they do hagbah they should stop to answer וזאת התורה.<Ref>Vayivarech Dovid (Tefillin p. 45) writes that a person should interrupt putting on tefillin of rabbenu tam to recite the pasuk of וזאת התורה during hagbah.</ref> | |||
==Gelilah== | ==Gelilah== | ||
