Laws of the Torah Reading
Readings
The talmud referring to a Torah portion by name ["Kedoshim Tihyu"]: Zevachim 28a-29a
Requiring a
Quorum
: Megillah 23b
Having a minor read: Megillah 24a
Having a naked person read: Megillah 24b
Having a person wearing torn, ragged clothing read: Megillah 24a
Having a minor wearing torn, ragged clothing read: Megillah 24b
Position of the Reader: Yoma 69b; Megillah 21a
Having multiple, simultaneous readers: Megillah 21b
Reading the Torah by heart: Yoma 70a, Taanit 28a
One who reads without the musical notes: Megillah 32a
Altering a word in the reading, for purposes of
Clean Language
: Megillah 25b
Reading at least 3 verses for each section: Taanit 27b; Megillah 22a, 23b, 24a
Leaving at least 3 verses between the point at which the Reader stops and the end of the paragraph: Megillah 22a
Reading at least 10 verses, on days when 3 people are called to the Torah: Megillah 21b
For the 10 verses mentioned above, which one of the 3 callees should get the 4 verse set: Megillah 21b
Leaving more verses for later sections of the Torah reading, to fulfill the principle of
rising in holiness
: Megillah 21b
Skipping from Section to Section while reading: Yoma 69b; Megillah 22a, 24a
Skipping from one prophet to another: Megillah 24a
Backtracking to a verse which was read earlier: Taanit 27b; Megillah 22a, 30a
Starting to read from a point in a paragraph with less than 3 verses remaining: Taanit 27b
Splitting a Verse ["Pesuka"] which Moshe didn't split: Taanit 27b; Megillah 22a
Splitting a Section ["Parshah"] which Moshe didn't Split: Berachot 12b
What to do with a section of 5 Verses, if you need to get 2 readings out of it: Taanit 27b
Reading in
Hebrew
: R. Berachot 13a "Leima", Tos. Berachot 13a #5
How the reading of the "Haazinu" portion is to be split up: Rosh HaShanah 31a
One who begins reading and then remembers that he is
impure from emission of seed
: Berachot 22b
Questionable Readings for the Torah Reading
Reading the sections on the
Creation of the Universe
: Megillah 25a-b
Reading the story of
Lot and his daughters
: Megillah 25b
Reading the story of
Reuven and Bilhah
: Megillah 25a, 25b
Reading the story of
Yehudah and Tamar
: Megillah 25a, 25b
Reading the first and second tellings of the story of
the Golden Calf
: Megillah 25a, 25b
Reading the
blessing of the Jews via the Kohanim
: Megillah 25a, 25b
Reading the
blessings and curses of the pre-entry to Israel covenant
: Megillah 25b
Halting in the midst of reading a section of curses: Megillah 31a, 31b
Reading sections of punishment quickly: Megillah 31b
Reading the sections of curses before
Shavuot
and
Rosh HaShanah
: Megillah 31b
Questionable Readings for the
Haftorah section from the Prophets
Reading the story of the
Concubine in Giv'ah
: Megillah 25b
Reading the story of
King David, Amnon and Tamar
: Megillah 25a, 25b [2x]
Reading the story of
King David and Avshalom
: Megillah 25b
Reading sections on punishments of the Jewish people: Megillah 25a, 25b
Reading the
Section of the "Merkavah"
: Megillah 25a
The Blessings on the Reading
The order of blessing and reading: Megillah 32a
Taking care to look anywhere but inside the Torah, while reciting the blessing: Megillah 32a
The Blessings, as distinguished from
Daily Blessings on Learning Torah
: Rosh Berachot 1:13
Having the first callee recite the opening Blessing, and the last one recite the closing Blessing: Megillah 21a
The "modern" custom to have everyone make their own blessings: Megillah 21b, 22a-b
The Rolling of the Torah [Hagbah and Gelilah]
The proper method of
rolling the Torah
: Megillah 32a
The greatest person present rolls the Torah, and acquires the reward of the rest: Megillah 32a
Not
touching a Torah
with one's hands while rolling it: Megillah 32a
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