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391 If, after the blessing is said, the baal koreh discovers that the blessing was said over the wrong passage of the Torah, the scroll is rolled to the correct location and the oleh repeats the blessing. The blessing does not need to be repeated if the correct passage was visible when the blessing was said [vow או"ח, קמ: ג; משניב, yw). 392 The Torah is read standing או"ח, קמא: א] yw]. The oleh is also required to stand. The rest of the congregation is not obligated to stand, but it is proper to do so [2:0v .[ערוה"ש, 393 The oleh should read the words quietly along with the baal koreh ] ([שוע או"ח, קמא: ב 394 Ifthe ba‘al koreh makes an error that affects the meaning of the words, he needs to reread the Torah portion from the location of the error ([שו"ע ורמ"א או"ח, קמב: א] 395 If an error is found in the Torah scroll, the reading is stopped, a new scroll is brought out, and the reading is continued from the location of the error ] או"ח, קמג: ד yw]. Itis not required to call up all of the aliyot a second time to read from the new scroll, but if the remainder of the reading can be divided into the appropriate number of aliyot for that day, it is preferable to do so [משניב, שם:טו] 396 It is customary to say a prayer for a sick person ,מ שָבּרךָ) page $73) at the conclu- sion of the Torah reading, or between aliyot. 397 On the Shabbat before a yahrzeit, itis customary to say a prayer for the deceased relative (nyamixbobx, page 851), usually after the Shabbat Minha Torah reading. 398 After completing the reading from a Torah scroll, the open scroll is raised and displayed to the entire congregation. The congregation says הַתוּרָה nxn (page 173) שוע ורמ"א או"ח, קלד: ב] [. Laws of Birkat HaGomel 399 After being saved from mortal danger, one should say Birkat HaGomel Lnnxyw [ריט:א, ו-ט; משניב, שם:לב (see page 571 and commentary on page 570). The blessing should be said no later than three days after the event [1:0v yw]. Birkat HaGomel is said only in the presence of a minyan; the custom is to say the blessing after the Torah reading [3:0w]. If one will not be in the presence of minyan within three days, one is permitted to say the blessing without a minyan [n:ov .[משניב, 400 A husband may say Birkat HaGomel for his wife, or a father for his children [» שם: wa]. But, according to most authorities, it is preferable that a woman say Birkat HaGomel for herself in the presence of a minyan. Laws of Mourner’s Kaddish 401 The Mourner’s Kaddish is generally said after specific chapters of Psalms at the
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| 382 נפילת אפיים should be said while sitting [1:0w], with one’s head lowered against one’s weaker forearm. If one is wearing tefillin however, one lays one’s head | against the arm lacking tefillin ] שו"ע ורמ"א, שם:א [ 16 head is lowered only where | there is a Sefer Torah [רמ"א, שם:ב] , except in Jerusalem, where the custom is to 1 lower the head in any case אגרות משה יו"ד ח"ג, קכט (ב)] Mw]. | 383 For days on which Tahanun is not said, see list on page 141 שו"ע ורמ"א או"ח, קלא: ד;] .[משניב, שם: בו | | Laws of Torah Reading | 1 384 To ensure that the Torah is read at least once every three days, Moses established | the public reading of the Torah on Shabbat, Yom Tov, Hol 113066, Rosh | Hodesh, and Monday and Thursday mornings. Ezra added the public reading | in Shabbat Minha [sn רמב"ם הלכות תפילה פיב [. | 385 On weekdays and Shabbat Minha, three people are called up ] מכ).[שרעאו"ח קלה: א | Shabbat morning, seven are called up, though additional individuals (hosafot) may also be called או"ח, רפב: א] y"w]. On Yom Kippur morning, six are called up, five on Yom Toy, and four on Hol 1131/1060 and Rosh Hodesh. | 386 Ifa Kohenis present, he is called up first. Ifa Leviis also present, he is called up second; for subsequent aliyot, one calls up a Yisrael קלה: ג] nx שו"ע [. Ifa Kohen is present but a Levi is not, the same Kohen is called up for the first two aliyot [n:ow]. Ifa Levi is present and a Kohen is not, the Levi need not be called up, but if the Levi is called up, he should be first ורמ"א או"ח, קלה:ו] pnw]. | 387 The custom is to avoid calling up a Kohen after a Yisrael, except for Maftir and, in some communities, for ,אחרון provided it is a hosafa ([רמ"א, שם: י] 388 Other individuals who are given priority for an aliya include: a bridegroom on his wedding day and the Shabbat preceding and following the wedding; a Bar Mitzva; the father of a newborn baby; one commemorating a parent’s yahrzeit; and a person obligated to say Birkat HaGomel ] בה"ל, קלו: דיה בשבת [, . = 389 Itis considered bad luck to call up two brothers ora father and son one after the | other או"ח, קמא:ו] yw]. While the custom is to avoid the practice, if one is called up after one’s brother or father, one should accept the aliya. 390 One who is called up to the Torah should take the shortest route to the bima שם:ז] yw]. He should open the scroll to locate where the aliya begins. Still holding the handle, he should say the blessing, taking care to look away from the Torah (or close the scroll or his eyes), so as not to appear to be reading the blessing from the scroll itself ] קלט: ד nox ורמ"א yw].
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391 If, after the blessing is said, the baal koreh discovers that the blessing was said over the wrong passage of the Torah, the scroll is rolled to the correct location and the oleh repeats the blessing. The blessing does not need to be repeated if the correct passage was visible when the blessing was said [vow v"ch, km: g; mshnyv, yw). 392 The Torah is read standing v"ch, km: ] yw]. The oleh is also required to stand. The rest of the congregation is not obligated to stand, but it is proper to do so [2:0v .[rvh"sh, 393 The oleh should read the words quietly along with the baal koreh ] ([shv v"ch, km: v 394 Ifthe ba‘al koreh makes an error that affects the meaning of the words, he needs to reread the Torah portion from the location of the error ([shv" vrm" v"ch, kmv: ] 395 If an error is found in the Torah scroll, the reading is stopped, a new scroll is brought out, and the reading is continued from the location of the error ] v"ch, kmg: d yw]. Itis not required to call up all of the aliyot a second time to read from the new scroll, but if the remainder of the reading can be divided into the appropriate number of aliyot for that day, it is preferable to do so [mshnyv, shm:tv] 396 It is customary to say a prayer for a sick person ,m shvrch) page $73) at the conclu- sion of the Torah reading, or between aliyot. 397 On the Shabbat before a yahrzeit, itis customary to say a prayer for the deceased relative (nyamixbobx, page 851), usually after the Shabbat Minha Torah reading. 398 After completing the reading from a Torah scroll, the open scroll is raised and displayed to the entire congregation. The congregation says htvrh nxn (page 173) shv vrm" v"ch, kld: v] [. Laws of Birkat Ha Gomel 399 After being saved from mortal danger, one should say Birkat Ha Gomel Lnnxyw [ryt:, v-t; mshnyv, shm:lv (see page 571 and commentary on page 570). The blessing should be said no later than three days after the event [1:0v yw]. Birkat Ha Gomel is said only in the presence of a minyan; the custom is to say the blessing after the Torah reading [3:0w]. If one will not be in the presence of minyan within three days, one is permitted to say the blessing without a minyan [n:ov .[mshnyv, 400 A husband may say Birkat Ha Gomel for his wife, or a father for his children [» shm: wa]. But, according to most authorities, it is preferable that a woman say Birkat Ha Gomel for herself in the presence of a minyan. Laws of Mourner’s Kaddish 401 The Mourner’s Kaddish is generally said after specific chapters of Psalms at the