<div dir="ltr"><div><div>"I was recently in a shul where they took out the sefer Torah, opened<br>
it and carried it all around the shul, showing everyone with a yad<br>
where the beginning of the keri'ah is. I had never seen this before,<br>
and was wondering if this is a common practice. Is it mentioned in<br>
halachic sources, or does it simply manifest someone's enthusiasm?""<br><br></div>I thought that was the purpose of Hagba, to show that we have an authoritative text and where we are in the cycle.<br></div>
The sephardi method makes sense, the Ashkenazi, to do it at the end, doesn't.<br><div><div>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Martin Brody<br>310 474 1856
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