Prayer · Orach Chaim 144

Minchah and Maariv Timing

9 questions · 29 opinions

May the Torah reader skip from one section to another during the Torah reading?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Skipping and Order

Is it forbidden to recite even a single word of the Torah reading from memory (without a written text)?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Reading from a Written Text

May the haftarah reader skip from one passage to another within Nevi'im (the Prophets)?

3 opinions across 2 eras

Skipping within Nevi'im

May the haftarah reader skip backward (from a later passage to an earlier one) within a prophetic book?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Direction of Skipping

What is the custom when a groom is present on Shabbat — does the haftarah reading change?

3 opinions across 2 eras

When Rosh Chodesh falls on Shabbat and Sunday, what is recited after the regular haftarah?

2 opinions across 2 eras

Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh

Is it permitted to roll the Torah scroll in the presence of the congregation?

4 opinions across 2 eras

Rolling in Public

May one person be called up to read from two different Torah scrolls in the same service?

5 opinions across 2 eras

Reading from Two Scrolls

Does the pegam (impugning) concern apply when two readings from two scrolls are separated by an intervening reading at a different minyan (service)?

1 opinions

Reading from Two Scrolls