[Avodah] Holding the Torah Upright

[Prof. Levine]

 From http://tinyurl.com/kyjso93


By Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff

Question #1:

"I was recently in a shul where they took out the sefer Torah, opened 
it and carried it all around the shul, showing everyone with a yad 
where the beginning of the keri'ah is. I had never seen this before, 
and was wondering if this is a common practice. Is it mentioned in 
halachic sources, or does it simply manifest someone's enthusiasm?"

Question #2:

Is there any halachic basis for the custom on Simchas Torah of 
reversing the sefer Torah so that the writing faces away from the magbiah?

See the above URL for more.  YL
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