Reading of the Torah הלכות קריאת ספר תורה
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+The Order of Taking Out and Raising the Torah ScrollSiman 134 (continued) · 16 seifim
- 1.Before taking out the Torah scroll on Monday and…
- 2.The custom has spread to sell the mitzvot before…
- 3.There are those who have the custom to purchase…
- 4.Already the custom has spread to say "Berich Shemei"…
- 5.Our custom is that we do not say "Berich…
- 6.One who prays with the Ashkenazim on Mondays and…
- 7.Regarding what is customary to bow in the middle…
- 8.The one who is reciting keriat shema and its…
- 9.In the taking out of the Sefer Torah from…
- 10.It is proper that each one of the tzibbur…
- 11.In the time when they raise up the Sefer…
- 12.If they took out from the aron hakodesh a…
- 13.An avel within the seven days of aveilut who…
- 14.Already the custom has spread to return the Torah…
- 15.Synagogues that have a Haftarot scroll made in rolled…
- 16.During the time that they carry the Sefer Torah…
135The Obligation of the Reading and Carrying the Sefer TorahSiman 135 · 26 seifim
- 1.Moshe instituted for Israel that they should read the…
- 2.The place where they stop the reading on Shabbat…
- 3.The tzibbur is not permitted to take out a…
- 4.Lechatchilah one should not take out the Sefer Torah…
- 5.Workers who rise early and pray, each one in…
- 6.A congregation that was prevented by circumstances beyond their…
- 7.An individual who was compelled by circumstances and prayed…
- 8.One who did not hear the Torah reading on…
- 9.Women are not obligated to come to the beit…
- 10.One should not transfer a Torah scroll from place…
- 11.People confined in a prison, one does not bring…
- 12.It is permitted to transport a Torah scroll from…
- 13.One who deposited a Torah scroll in a synagogue…
- 14.One who is asked to complete a minyan in…
- 15.There are places where they are accustomed to pray…
- 16.A congregation praying next to the Kotel HaMa'aravi, it…
- 17.Congregations who pray during the days of the festival…
- 18.A synagogue that does not have a beautified Torah…
- 19.It is permitted to carry a Torah scroll from…
- 20.There are those who are accustomed that when a…
- 21.It is permitted to bring out the Torah scrolls…
- 22.It is permitted to bring out a Torah scroll…
- 23.A congregation that read from the Torah, and finished…
- 24.When they read from the Sefer Torah on Shabbat,…
- 25.When they are reading in the Torah scroll and…
- 26.A Torah scroll in which a disqualification was found…
+The Order of Those Called Up to the TorahSiman 135 (continued) · 46 seifim
- 1.On Monday and Thursday and Shabbat at Mincha, they…
- 2.If there are places among Ashkenazim who follow the…
- 3.A synagogue where guests from outside the Land arrived,…
- 4.The custom is widespread to call up to the…
- 5.The matter is clear that one should not sell…
- 6.Places that are accustomed to call up the rabbi…
- 7.One who was born from an unmarried woman and…
- 8.A convert whose father is Jewish and whose mother…
- 9.If there was no kohen in the beit hakenesset,…
- 10.A kohen who is engaged in Pesukei DeZimrah and…
- 11.A kohen who was reciting keriat shema, and they…
- 12.One who is holding at Pesukei DeZimrah, and the…
- 13.One who is standing at Pesukei DeZimrah and hears…
- 14.In a place where there is no Levi there…
- 15.One who is standing in Pesukei DeZimrah and the…
- 16.A tzibbur who are praying on one side at…
- 17.If a kohen enters the synagogue, and finds that…
- 18.If there were a kohen and a levi in…
- 19.If they thought that there was no kohen in…
- 20.If there is no kohen in the synagogue, a…
- 21.When there is no kohen in the synagogue and…
- 22.The custom has already spread that if there is…
- 23.Also on Chol HaMoed Sukkot, when they repeat the…
- 24.A levi who already went up to the Torah…
- 25.A Yisrael who went up to read from the…
- 26.When there is in the synagogue a groom within…
- 27.If there is no levi in the beit knesset,…
- 28.A kohen should not be called up to the…
- 29.On public fast days, when there is in the…
- 30.A synagogue where all those praying there are kohanim,…
- 31.A synagogue whose number is thirty men, and of…
- 32.On Rosh Chodesh and on the days of Chol…
- 33.It is permitted to call up a minor to…
- 34.Lechatchilah one should not call up a minor under…
- 35.Lechatchilah one should not permit a minor to be…
- 36.There are those who say that in a place…
- 37.One who desecrates Shabbat in public, lechatchilah he should…
- 38.A desecrator of Shabbat in public who ascends to…
- 39.One who shaves his beard with a razor, such…
- 40.An uncircumcised Jew whose parents did not circumcise him…
- 41.A Jew who lived with a non-Jewish woman without…
- 42.The matter is clear that it is forbidden according…
- 43.A kohen or levi who are mourners within the…
- 44.If they circumcise the son on Shabbat during the…
- 45.An avel within seven days on Tisha B'Av is…
- 46.In the Gemara Berachot they said, that one who…
136Who Is Called Up to the Torah on ShabbatSiman 136 · 4 seifim
- 1.After a kohen and a levi, they call up…
- 2.When there is a chatan in the synagogue on…
- 3.Chatan bar mitzvah who is preparing to be called…
- 4.If there are found in one synagogue both a…
137How Many Verses Must Be ReadSiman 137 · 13 seifim
- 1.On a day when three men go up, they…
- 2.If they skipped one verse on Shabbat at Shacharit,…
- 3.If they skipped one verse in the reading of…
- 4.If they skipped some verses in the Torah reading…
- 5.If they skipped one verse from the portions of…
- 6.If he skipped one verse on Monday and Thursday…
- 7.If they erred and read for one oleh only…
- 8.A shaliach tzibbur who erred at Mincha of Shabbat,…
- 9.On Mondays and Thursdays, if they called up one…
- 10.If they skipped one verse from Parashat Parah, they…
- 11.Regarding a Yisrael who went up third to the…
- 12a.The one who reads first in the Torah, and…
- 12b.A shaliach tzibbur who erred and finished the parashah…
138Not Concluding Near the End of the ParashahSiman 138 · 5 seifim
- 1.The one who reads in the Torah should not…
- 2.If the reader in the Torah erred and finished…
- 3.In a place where there is a parashah of…
- 4.If a mistake is found in a Torah scroll,…
- 5.If the shaliach tzibbur who reads in the Torah…
139The Order of the Reading and the BerachotSiman 139 · 16 seifim
- 1.In a place where they were accustomed that the…
- 2.A person should not go up to the Torah…
- 3.There is no need to call up the one…
- 4.Lechatchilah one should refrain from calling up a blind…
- 5.Before he recites the berachah, he opens the Sefer…
- 6.The one who is called up to the Torah…
- 7.One who was called up to the Torah, and…
- 8.One who is called up to the Torah and…
- 9.If the one called up to the Torah recited…
- 10.What some are accustomed to bow slightly during the…
- 11.If the one who was called up to the…
- 12.Our custom is that one does not answer amen…
- 13.Even if he recited the berachot of the Torah…
- 14.Our custom is simple that the one who recites…
- 15.The one who is called up to the Torah…
- 16.It is good to make the Hashkavah with mention…
140Laws of Interrupting During the Blessings on the TorahSiman 140 · 6 seifim
- 1.The one who ascends to read in the Torah,…
- 2.The one who goes up to read in the…
- 3.If the one called up to the Torah scroll…
- 4.The one who ascends to read from the Torah…
- 5.Rosh Chodesh Tevet that falls on weekdays, they take…
- 6.Rosh Chodesh Tevet that falls on Shabbat, they take…
141Laws of the Reader and the One Called UpSiman 141 · 29 seifim
- 1.The one who is called up to the Torah…
- 2.A shaliach tzibbur who knows how to read from…
- 3.The one who is called up to the Torah…
- 4.Our custom is to stand before one's father and…
- 5.Some have the custom that after the oleh finishes…
- 6.The one who is called up to the Torah…
- 7.The custom that some have of kissing the one…
- 8.The tzibbur is not permitted to answer amen until…
- 9.A deaf person who speaks but does not hear…
- 10.When the hall of the beit hakenesset is large…
- 11.A shaliach tzibbur who is not careful to immerse…
- 12.The one who reads from the Torah and erred…
- 13.A shaliach tzibbur who reads the Torah, and reviews…
- 14.There is no doubt that it is permitted to…
- 15.Nevertheless, one should not read from a Torah scroll…
- 16.A Sephardi who prays with Ashkenazim on Shabbat and…
- 17.A synagogue of Ashkenazim who pray and read in…
- 18.A synagogue of Ashkenazim who pray and read the…
- 19.A Sephardi who is praying with Ashkenazim, and they…
- 20.The one who is called up to the Torah…
- 21.Even in our places where we do not call…
- 22.One who wants to go up to the Torah…
- 23.One who went up to read from the Torah,…
- 24.It is permitted to call up to the Torah…
- 25.An av and his son, or two brothers who…
- 26.It is permitted for a father and his son,…
- 27.And the same law applies that it is permitted…
- 28.A person who is suspected regarding illicit relations, one…
- 29.One who had his teeth extracted, and uses false…
142The Law of One Who Errs in the Torah ReadingSiman 142 · 6 seifim
- 1.A shaliach tzibbur who erred in the reading of…
- 2.On the one reading the Torah, it is incumbent…
- 3.A settlement where there is a minyan there, and…
- 4.A shaliach tzibbur who erred in Parashat Beha'alotcha, and…
- 5.Those who are accustomed on Chanukah to call up…
- 6.If they erred and interrupted the reading in the…
143Reading the Torah with a Minyan of TenSiman 143 · 9 seifim
- 1.They do not read from a Torah scroll with…
- 2.A synagogue that has a bare minimum minyan at…
- 3.Six people who did not hear the reading of…
- 4.Six sons of chutz la'aretz who are found in…
- 5.In a year when the first day of Yom…
- 6.It happened in Jerusalem that heavy snow fell in…
- 7.Tourists who went up to celebrate the festival of…
- 8.Women may not take out a Torah scroll for…
- 9.Women who wish to be concerned for the opinion…
+If an Error Is Found in a Torah ScrollSiman 143 (continued) · 35 seifim
- 1.It is possible to be called up to the…
- 2.From the essence of the law there is no…
- 3.A congregation that has in the synagogue a stolen…
- 4.It is a mitzvah in the choicest manner, lechatchilah,…
- 5.A synagogue of Ashkenazim that has in their synagogue…
- 6.Even one who lays tefillin that were written in…
- 7.One should validate Torah scrolls of which part of…
- 8.Torah scrolls of the Yemenites, in which there are…
- 9.A Torah scroll of some of the Yemenites, that…
- 10.If a mistake is found in a Torah scroll…
- 11.If a mistake is found in a Torah scroll…
- 12.If a mistake is found in a Torah scroll,…
- 13.Even if the mistake was found during the reading…
- 14.A Torah scroll in which a word or letter…
- 15.If dibbukim (attachments) or peirudim (separations) are found during…
- 16.A Torah scroll in which a mistake was found,…
- 17.A Torah scroll in which an error was found…
- 18.A Torah scroll in which one error was found,…
- 19.A Torah scroll upon which wax dripped, and in…
- 20.A Torah scroll that was written on parchment coated…
- 21.A Torah scroll that was entirely proofread by an…
- 22.A scribe who proofreads a Torah scroll, and corrects…
- 23.A Torah scroll that does not have tagin, it…
- 24.If they placed a tag on the letter "nun"…
- 25.A Sefer Torah whose letters have reddened due to…
- 26.If a hole is found in a Torah scroll…
- 27.A Torah scroll in which the letter yud was…
- 28.A letter lamed whose vav on top of it…
- 29.Regarding a Torah scroll in which the head of…
- 30.A Torah scroll in which the head of the…
- 31.Ha'azinu should be written in the Torah scroll in…
- 32.A Torah scroll in which, at an open section,…
- 33.A Torah scroll which has in it sheets with…
- 34.The final hei of the Name that is found…
- 35.Torah scrolls that were received from outside the Land,…
144Not Rolling the Torah ScrollSiman 144 · 3 seifim
- 1.We do not roll a Torah scroll in the…
- 2.If they took out the sefer Torah, and it…
- 3.One does not call up a single person to…
+Laws of the HaftarahSiman 144 (continued) · 24 seifim
- 1.There are places where they have the custom to…
- 2.A Sephardi who prays with Ashkenazim, and they honored…
- 3.It is necessary to read the haftarah in a…
- 4.A kohen who has already acquired the aliyah of…
- 5.When there is one kohen in the synagogue, and…
- 6.A yisrael who went up to the Torah, such…
- 7.When they take out two Torah scrolls, such as…
- 8.A congregation that has only one Torah scroll, and…
- 9.A congregation that has only one Torah scroll, and…
- 10.In Mincha of Yom Kippur and in Mincha of…
- 11.Berachah rishonah (the first berachah) which is recited before…
- 12.The one who goes up for the maftir, and…
- 13.Someone who recited the berachah on the Haftarah and…
- 14.A tzibbur that erred and read the haftarah in…
- 15.When Rosh Chodesh falls on Shabbat, one should not…
- 16.One who is called up for Maftir ought to…
- 17.It is a mitzvah to be meticulous to read…
- 18.It has already been explained above that it is…
- 19.It is not permissible to permit the use of…
- 20.It is proper not to raise the book of…
- 21.Those who are accustomed to say the verse "Goaleinu…
- 22.One who became obligated in the berachah of "HaGomel"…
- 23.Sephardi who was called up to the Torah at…
- 24.When the hall of the beit hakenesset is large,…
+The Congregation's Conduct During the Torah ReadingSiman 145 (continued) · 15 seifim
- 1.Our custom is that the tzibbur sits during the…
- 2.Once the reader has begun to read in the…
- 3.It is forbidden for a person to leave the…
- 4.What some are accustomed to distribute to the congregation…
- 5.The custom of those who say "Emet Torateinu HaKedoshah"…
- 6.A synagogue where they have been accustomed for many…
- 7.And the same law applies in places where they…
- 8.Communities that have the practice that after the one…
- 9.Some have the custom that the rav delivers a…
- 10.There are places where it is customary to sing…
- 11.Those who are accustomed to read the parashah by…
- 12.There are those who are accustomed to stand at…
- 13.If the one who ascends to read in the…
- 14.An individual who is present in a synagogue where…
- 15.Congregations that recite Shirat HaYam and Aseret HaDibrot in…
147Laws of Rolling the Torah ScrollSiman 147 · 3 seifim
- 1.It is forbidden to hold the Sefer Torah on…
- 2.The maftir does not begin to read the Haftarah…
- 3.On the day when two Torah scrolls are taken…
149Guarding the Torah Scroll, and Escorting It to the ArkSiman 149 · 4 seifim
- 1.The tzibbur are not permitted to leave the beit…
- 2.Synagogues in chutz la'aretz, where the shammashim there are…
- 3.When they return the Sefer Torah to the Aron…
- 4.A synagogue that has seven arks, where each ark…
+Further Details in the Laws of Reading the TorahFurther Details in the Laws of Reading the Torah · 17 seifim
- 1.On Rosh Chodesh four are called up, and our…
- 2.Our custom is to begin the reading on the…
- 3.Rosh Chodesh Tevet that falls on a weekday, two…
- 4.On the Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar which is…
- 5.On Shabbat Shekalim, they recite the haftarah "Vayichrot Yehoyada,"…
- 6.On Shabbat before Purim they take out two Sifrei…
- 7.It is permitted to add to the number of…
- 8.In a leap year when the eighth day of…
- 9.If the first day of Yom Tov of Pesach…
- 10.The curses that are in Parashat Bechukotai and in…
- 11.Our custom is to read Parashat HaTochachah which is…
- 12.If an error is found in the Torah scroll…
- 13.When they read two portions, the sedarim should be…
- 14.On Shabbat parashat Ha'azinu, those called up to the…
- 15.What people are accustomed to do, praying and reading…
- 16.One should not recite the berachot of the Torah…
- 17.The custom is to make a "Mi Shebeirach" for…