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The Torah Services
A Torah Reading Wizard that will lead you through the synagogue public Torah reading: from when the ark is opened, through the actual reading and aliyot, until the Torah scroll is returned to its place.
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Bereishis
by Michoel Slavin
Audio Classes » Jewish Music » Liturgy » Torah Reading Recordings » Book of Bereishis » Bereishis
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Why is the Torah read on Mondays and Thursdays?
By Baruch S. Davidson
On a typical week, the Torah is read publicly on Monday, Thursday, and twice on Shabbat. On holidays, fast days, and Rosh Chodesh, the Torah is read regardless of the day of the week. When did this start? Moses instituted that the Torah be read three ...
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Who made up the way we sing the Torah?
By Baruch S. Davidson
Question: Is it important that the Torah be read in the traditional melody? Who made up these melodies anyway? Response: The actual Torah scroll contains only letters. The printed editions, known as Chumashim, commonly contain not only the vowel ...
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What is so special about the aliyahs?
By Baruch S. Davidson
Question: At a synagogue I recently attended, I noticed people bidding for the right to be called to the Torah, or as they called it, getting an aliyah. What is so special about an aliyah? Are some more sought after than others? Response: Let's divide ...
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Who divided the Torah into weekly readings, chapters, and verses?
By Baruch S. Davidson
Verses: When G‑d taught Moses the Torah, He also taught him the proper pronunciation and punctuation of its words: vowels, grammar, and sentence set-up—i.e. verses (pesukim). Similarly, the authors of the respective (divinely inspired) books of Prophets ...
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In what arm does one carry a Torah scroll?
By Yisroel Cotlar
In the Code of Jewish Law Rama in Orach Chaim 134. it is written that a Torah scroll should be held in one's right arm (and rested on the right shoulder). This applies even if the one holding the Torah is left-handed. There are two verses that allude to ...
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High Holiday Torah Readings
by Michoel Slavin
A recording of the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Torah readings by a renowned Torah reader.
Audio Classes » Jewish Music » Liturgy » Torah Reading Recordings » High Holiday Torah Readings
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Torah Reading
6 Adar I, 5752 • February 10, 1992
The Rebbe is called to the Torah.
The Rebbe » Living Torah » Archive » Behaalotecha » Torah Reading
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Chapter Twelve
Translated by Eliyahu Touger
Moses, our teacher, ordained that the Jews should read the Torah publicly on the Sabbath and on Monday and Thursday mornings, so the [people] would never have three days pass without hearing the Torah. Ezra ordained that [the Torah] should be read during ...
Library » Classic Texts » Mishneh Torah » Sefer Ahavah » Tefilah and Birkat Kohanim » Chapter Twelve
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