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# There is a minhag by some communities to take the gartel from the Sefer Torah for a pregnant woman as a segulah that she not have a miscarriage. Some defend this minhag and others question it.<ref>Meir Oz v. 5 p. 799</ref> | # There is a minhag by some communities to take the gartel from the Sefer Torah for a pregnant woman as a segulah that she not have a miscarriage. Some defend this minhag and others question it.<ref>Meir Oz v. 5 p. 799</ref> | ||
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#The meil, the garment around the Sefer Torah, should be decorated to beuatify the Sefer Torah. If one side is nicer than the other, some say that the nicer side should face the Sefer Torah, while others say the opposite. The minhag is that it faces the outside. Ideally it should be made equally as nice on both sides.<ref>Biur Hagra OC 147:6 writes that there is no reason to make the garment nice on the inside as opposed to the outside since no one sees the inside. His proof is the Mishna Middot 4 that states that they didn't plate the area behind the area since they weren't exposed. Rama 147:1, however, quotes the Mordechai as saying that the nicer side should face the Sefer Torah yet the minag isn't so. Magen Avraham 147:4 questions the Mordechai but upholds it as the halacha. Eliya Rabba 147:3 writes that in order to satisfy both opinions they should make the garment equally nice on the inside and outside. Magen Giborim E"H 147:6 agrees. Mishna Brurah 147:10 also doesn't arbitrate between the Rama and Gra but quotes both and concludes with the Eliya Rabba's solution.</ref> | |||
# They shouldn't switch the inner side with the outer side of the meil.<ref>Magen Giborim E"H 147:6 citing the Aguda</ref> | |||
#One shouldn't use a garment that was used for a personal use for the protective covering on a Sefer Torah. It is permitted to use a kittel for Yom Kippur davening for wrapping a sefer torah.<ref>Shaar Hatziyun 147:22</ref> | #One shouldn't use a garment that was used for a personal use for the protective covering on a Sefer Torah. It is permitted to use a kittel for Yom Kippur davening for wrapping a sefer torah.<ref>Shaar Hatziyun 147:22</ref> | ||
