Reading the Torah in Tampa

Rabbi Levi Rivkin reads the Torah on Hoshanna Rabbah 5767 (2006) in Tampa. This is just a short portion of one Aliyah (one of the seven divisions of the weekly Torah reading). In order to Lain the Torah (read it in the traditional chant) one must memorize the melodies for the whole Torah as the Sefer Torah (hand-written Torah scroll) has no musical notation as well as no vowels. In addition to the congregation member being honored with an Aliyah, Rabbi Rivkin is flanked by a few people. One is the Gabbi who is responsible for calling congregants to the Torah and offering a Mishaberach (special blessing) to them on the completion of their Aliyah, and also helping with the reading. Each congregant honored with an Aliyah says the blessings before and after the reading and also remains at the Bimah (the table for rading the Torah) until the next reading is finished. By tradition there must be three congregants at the Bimah during the reading. The Torah reading is a central part of morning prayer services on Shabbos (Saturday) as well as on Holidays. A shorter reading service of only three Aliyot is done on Mondays and Thursdays during Shacharis (the morning prayer order).

The public reading of the Torah is a tradition well over two-thousand-years-old, and the rules and the melodies of the reading are equally venerable.




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[knightsofstjoan2004]

Matthew 5:17 "Do not think I have come to replace the Torah and the teachings of the prophets: I did not come to destroy them, but to fulfill them."

[mesitampabay]

This Matthew was right. It is the duty of all Jews to fulfill the laws of the Torah

[gobears1987]

Now to be honest, Christians aren't Jews, so they only have to follow the 7 Noahide Laws, but the violate the one about idolatry.

[FalanxKnight]

Been called to the bimah many times,.. Good Stuff :))

[nodrownswimmingpool]

The Torah is still legitimate today. Jesus preached against the oral Torah, also known as the Talmud which is what caused people to say he was abolishing the law, however, if you read the Gospel you will see that he held strictly to the Torah and clearly did not consider himself God. If you read the Qur'an you will see that Muhammad also followed the Torah and in the Qur'an people are repeatedly commanded to follow the Torah and Gospel as well as the Qur'an.

[nodrownswimmingpool]

@12345soccerguy

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[KingOystar]

I have had too many Aliyot to count and it is still an awsome feeling!

[KingOystar]

Man I love Chabad!

[12345soccerguy]

If Jesus abolished the law, that would obviously make him a liar, as he said he didn't come to abolish the law, but to fulfill, by observing it the way God made it ( such as the Sabbath , etc... ), and teaching it the right way.

[dntjudgeask]

@Blueking09991 not really wat i was sayn but wen Adam an Eve were rebelled against God was it satan that whisperd in there ears an from the moment they were banished but satan was never considerd god but an enemy to all mankind. so ur sayin jesus died fo our sins even though it clearly states that he came wit a message to erase our sins john baptized wit water an jesus baptized wit faith both were to erase our sins there was no means of sacrafice from the beginning

[Blueking09991]

@dntjudgeask The death of Yeshua was planned by YHWY because his children needed a ransom to buy us back from the fall of man that happened when Adam and Eve rebelled against God. When that happen Lucifer became the God of this world. Before Yeshua died on the cross no one (except a few who were prophets of YHWY) could go to Heaven because there was nothing covering there sins. People blame the Jews for killing Yeshua, but if they didn't then Satan would have kept being the god of this world

[dntjudgeask]

@Blueking09991 from wat i know an heard of the jews rejected the prophet yeshua(jesus) an crucified him witout reason becuz fear of some other king who called himself Gods son(although God begets not!) so if u beleive nowwat would be the diffrence between that of a jew christian an muslim?? is it muhammed?

[JusticeVSpropaganda]

regards from Israel

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[Blueking09991]

@gobears1987 I know your comment is from three years ago. But when a you except Yeshua(Jesus) to be your savior you are adopted in to the Jewish family. You probably know that by now since that was a long time ago.