Guide
Torah and the Sages
By Carol Bakhos
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Standing before the Torah
Rava said: How foolish [are] the rest of the people who stand before a Torah scroll [that passes before them,] and [yet] they do not stand before a great man, [when…
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Synagogue Behavior
And [in a similar vein], R. Zeira says [that] R. Ḥisda says: The congregation is not permitted to answer amen [to the blessing recited over the Torah reading] until the blessing of the one reading…