[Mesorah] New Shtick

[Mandel, Seth]

I know of none.
As I said, in Europe all Ashk'naz shuls had a caged bima, and that is considered a different r'shus: the Rashba, IIRC, has a t'shuva that a Sha'Tz can stand on such a bima, even if it is high, because it is a separate r'shus.  And all Ashk'naz shuls had a place for the S'T at the extreme end of the bench, where someone leining or davening would not have his back to it.
If the bima is several step up, people sitting in front would not have their backs to it, but to the bima.
RYBS was careful that no one on the bima would stand with his back to the S'T on any occasion.

Rabbi Seth Mandel

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I buy 2 but not one, re: hafatra while the Torah is there.  Megillah is read w/o the presence of the Torah
R Hofmeister rejects 1 also

Another naive question from the back bench: on what grounds is #1 rejected?  What's the heter to stand right in front of the torah with your back to it?

-- Sholom
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