[Avodah] Talking During Torah Reading

[Prof. Levine]

At 06:52 AM 2/18/2018, elazar teitz wrote:
 >RDYitzchok Levine wrote:
 >

 >
 ><"The congregation is not permitted to talk
 >while the Torah is being read, not even about
 >matters of Torah study. (The need to be silent
 >begins once the Torah has been opened to recite
 >the blessings over it ? Mishnah Brurah
 >146:4.)This is true even between aliyos. (There
 >may be room to be lenient regarding Torah study
 >between aliyos ? MB 146:6.) One may not leave
 >the shul while the Torah is being read (even if
 >he already heard the Torah and even if there?s
 >still a minyan without him ? MB 146:1). One may,
 >however, exit in-between aliyos if necessary. ">
 >
 >      Google is selective in its psak. The Aruch
 > Hashulchan,cites the Beis Yosef (the source of
 > the MB), and says that his reason for
 > prohibiting is not the speaking per se, but
 > because it might continue into the aliya. He
 > adds that the Bach and The Magen Avraham permit
 > brief conversations, especially nowadays when
 > lengthy breaks occur because of mi shebeirachs.
 >
 >      I think this a classic example of "heter
 > meiah rabbonim" -- there are more than 100
 > rabbonim who talk bein gavra l'gavra.

It is not google but the OU's site that I
quoted.  Please see the actual web page at
<https://goo.gl/WG5w2e>https://goo.gl/WG5w2e) The
person who wrote this is Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
who served as Director of Programs for NCSY
before becoming Associate Director of the Pepa
and Rabbi Joseph Karasick Department of Synagogue Services.

YL


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