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Foreward

On the Observance of Customs

Morning Conduct

   Conduct Immediately Upon Waking

The Morning Blessings

Tzitzis

Tefillin

The Morning Service: Shacharis

Textual Variants

Prayer

Pesukei DeZimrah

Shema and its Berachos

Shemoneh Esreh

The Repetition of Shemoneh Esreh and the Priestly Blessing

The Reading of the Torah: Kerias HaTorah

Raising the Sefer Torah: Hagbahah

The Conclusion of Shacharis

The Six Remembrances

The Tefillin of Rabbeinu Tam

The Chitas Study Cycles Instituted by the Rebbe Rayatz: Chumash, Tehillim, Tanya

Washing the Hands (Netilas Yadayim) before Meals; Grace After Meals (Birkas HaMazon) & Other Blessings

The Prayer for Travelers: Tefillas HaDerech

Circumcision: Bris Milah

The Afternoon Service: Minchah

The Evening Service: Maariv

Prayer Before Retiring at Night: Kerias Shema

Shabbos

Rosh Chodesh

Months and Holidays

Bar-Mitzvah

Weddings

Mourning: Semachos

Yahrzeit

Miscellaneous Topics

Founders of Chassidism & Leaders of Chabad-Lubavitch

Glossary

Sefer HaMinhagim
The Book of Chabad-Lubavitch Customs

Morning Conduct
Raising the Sefer Torah: Hagbahah
Translated by Uri Kaploun

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  The Reading of the Torah: Kerias HaTorahThe Conclusion of Shacharis  

After the Reading of the Torah, Half-Kaddish is said. When the Torah is raised so that the congregation will be able to read the script, each individual should endeavor to approach the bimah in order to be able to do so. One then says, v'zos haTorah...v'ya'adir (p. 70).[121]

A congregant within the period of mourning, and so too one who is observing yahrzeit on a day when the Torah is read, should endeavor to say the Half-Kaddish that follows the reading.

It is not our custom to point one's finger towards the Sefer Torah when it is raised and whilst one says v'zos haTorah.

According to our custom, the one who raises the Sefer Torah shows it to the congregation, replaces it on the bimah, and himself rolls it until closed. He then holds it while seated, and another congregant binds it.[122]

The Sefer Torah should be rolled in such a way that the nearest seam lies halfway between the two rollers.[123]

The girdle should be placed a third of the way up the scroll.

   

Notes:

  1. (Back to text) The Alter Rebbe's Siddur.

  2. (Back to text) See Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim, sec. 147, and the commentaries ad loc.

  3. (Back to text) Ibid. 147:3.


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