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The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Aug 16, 2026 · 7m

סֵדֶר בִּרְכוֹת הַתּוֹרָה

The manner in which the blessings before the public Torah Reading are recited is as follows:

נוֹגֵעַ בְּטַלִּיתוֹ בִּתְחִלַּת הַקְּרִיאָה וּבְסוֹפָהּ

[After the Torah scroll has been rolled open, the congregant called to the reading] should touch the beginning and end of the passage [that is about to be read for him] with his tallis

נוֹשֵׁק הַטַּלִּית בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁנָּגַע בַּסֵּפֶר תּוֹרָה

and then kiss the part of the tallis that touched the scroll.

גוֹלֵל הַסֵּפֶר תּוֹרָה

After rolling it closed,

מַפְנֶה פָּנָיו, קְצַת, לְיָמִין וּמְבָרֵךְ

he turns slightly to the…