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<font size=3>At 06:52 AM 2/18/2018, elazar teitz wrote:<br>
>RDYitzchok Levine wrote:<br>
><br><br>
><br>
><"The congregation is not permitted to talk <br>
>while the Torah is being read, not even about <br>
>matters of Torah study. (The need to be silent <br>
>begins once the Torah has been opened to recite <br>
>the blessings over it ? Mishnah Brurah <br>
>146:4.)This is true even between aliyos. (There <br>
>may be room to be lenient regarding Torah study <br>
>between aliyos ? MB 146:6.) One may not leave <br>
>the shul while the Torah is being read (even if <br>
>he already heard the Torah and even if there?s <br>
>still a minyan without him ? MB 146:1). One may, <br>
>however, exit in-between aliyos if necessary. "><br>
><br>
> Google is selective in its psak. The
Aruch <br>
> Hashulchan,cites the Beis Yosef (the source of <br>
> the MB), and says that his reason for <br>
> prohibiting is not the speaking per se, but <br>
> because it might continue into the aliya. He <br>
> adds that the Bach and The Magen Avraham permit <br>
> brief conversations, especially nowadays when <br>
> lengthy breaks occur because of mi shebeirachs.<br>
><br>
> I think this a classic example of
"heter <br>
> meiah rabbonim" -- there are more than 100 <br>
> rabbonim who talk bein gavra l'gavra.<br><br>
It is not google but the OU's site that I <br>
quoted. Please see the actual web page at <br>
<<a href="https://goo.gl/WG5w2e%3Ehttps://goo.gl/WG5w2e" eudora="autourl">
https://goo.gl/WG5w2e>https://goo.gl/WG5w2e</a>) The <br>
person who wrote this is Rabbi Jack Abramowitz <br>
who served as Director of Programs for NCSY <br>
before becoming Associate Director of the Pepa <br>
and Rabbi Joseph Karasick Department of Synagogue Services.<br><br>
YL<br><br>
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