What are the dinim concerning mistakingly touching the klaf of the Sfer Torah: 1. when kissing it with one’s tziztis 2. when doing glila Answer: In both cases one should… Read more »
Category: Reading the Torah
Catching Up on the Missing Parashah
Many Bnei Torah returned to Eretz Yisrael this week from Chutz L’Aretz and faced the problem of being one week behind on the parsha. Some have the eitzeh in the… Read more »
Aliyah for Mechalel Shabbos
We have a very “chashuv” neitz minyan in Johannesburg. On Yom Tov there is one person who doesnt keep Shabbos, who has been a member of a Shomer Shabbos Shul for over… Read more »
Mistaken Kaddish After Third Aliyah
By krias HaTorah on Chol HaMoed Pesach after leining the first 3 aliyahs before hagbah on the first Sefer Torah the bal koreh began to say Kaddish by mistake. Should… Read more »
Fixed Aliyot for Community Members
I normally attend a minyian on Shabbos where the Rav gets shishi always (we are Sephardic and 6th is the most important). The Rav is an important posek and we don’t… Read more »
Read the Wrong Haftarah
If someone says the wrong Haftarah or Shabbos (not just that they said the sephardi one b’makom the ashkanez one but a completely different Haftarah altogther.) Must they now say… Read more »
Called up for Haftorah without Kelaf
Someone was called up for maftir in a shul they normally don’t daven in. When it came to make the brachos on the haftorah they put down in front of… Read more »
Receiving Two Aliyos in Two Minyanim
Is there any makom in halacha to say that a person shouldn’t get 2 aliyos in one day in different sifrei Torah? (not in the same minyan or same sefer… Read more »
Monopoly on Aliyos
Is it permissable to call the same men to the Torah week after week because they give more money than others? Answer: There is no formal prohibition in this practice…. Read more »
Sefer Torah Fell
Sefer Torah fell on the floor. What shoud I do? Answer: It is customary for anybody in the presence of a Sefer Torah falling on the floor to fast. See… Read more »
Found Pesul in Sefer Torah
If a p’sul is found in a Sefer Torah – does it mean that a person was not yotzi all the prior Krias HaTorah – even if may be that… Read more »
Father and Son for Hagbahah and Gelilah
Are a father and son allowed to have Hagbahah and Gelilah on the same Sefer Torah. Answer: In some circumstances it is permitted, but it is preferable to avoid the… Read more »
Standing for Torah Reading(s)
Lichvod Harav, Does one have to stand during kriyas hatorah? There are some portions that many people stand for, is that an obligation, or a nice thing to do? Does… Read more »
Columns for Hagbahah
Is it considered gayvah during hagbahah to open the Torah scroll more then 4 columns wide or is it considered mitzvha min hamuvchar like buying an expensive esrog for succos?… Read more »
Calling up Second Levi
What is the Ashkenazi custom for Aliya La’Torah where no Kohanim are present and there is more than one Levi who are close relatives of a Bar-mitzvah – can more… Read more »
Opening the Aron in the Ninth Month
I have seen that there is a custom of husbands opening the ark in shul during the 9th month of pregnancy of their wives. Where does this custom come from?… Read more »
Reading for Two Days of Rosh Chodesh
On the Jewish Calendar, Sunday March 2, 2014 and Monday March 3, 2014 is designated as the New Moon. On which day do you read the Rosh Chodesh Torah portion?… Read more »
Turning Right with the Sefer Torah
My question concerns the direction in which the Torah is to be carried after the reading. The Kitzur says to carry it to the right/north when taking it out, and… Read more »
Kaddish After Krias Ha-Torah
Do we say yisgadal after krias ha-Torah on rosh chodesh? Answer: Kaddish is recited as usual after krias ha-torah on Rosh Chodesh. Aside from the difference of there being four… Read more »
Asking the Cohen to Leave
Is it permissable for the Gaboim to ask a Cohen to leave the shul so they may call up a non Cohen for the first Aliya, during Leining, in order… Read more »
Using More than one Sefer Torah
We have a shul with several sifrei torah. Is it appropriate to use one for weekday readings and the other for Shabbat, so they are both used as often as… Read more »
Practising Bar Mitzvah boy
1)Can a Sefer Torah be taken out of the aron kodesh so that a bar mitzva boy can practice the leining (in order simulate the environment that he will be… Read more »
Tanach riddle
Where in the Torah do we find two samechs that make up a word by itself. Answer Yeshayahu 51:8 כִּי כַבֶּגֶד יֹאכְלֵם עָשׁ וְכַצֶּמֶר יֹאכְלֵם סָס וְצִדְקָתִי לְעוֹלָם תִּהְיֶה וִישׁוּעָתִי… Read more »
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