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Offline muman613

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Special Aliyahs?
« on: May 16, 2010, 02:08:27 PM »
Has anyone else here gotten an Aliyah which seemed to have special meaning to you?

This has happened to me very many times... Maybe it is because I have a small minyan and Im good friends with the Gabbai, so I get an aliyah pretty much every time we get together for a Shabbaton.

But there are always seven aliyahs on Shabbat... And it seems like a case of Divine Providence when I get called up for an aliyah which has special meaning to me...

For instance last Shabbat... They called me up for the aliyah which I used for my signature line. And nobody in my minyan reads what I write here.

If anyone has any good stories of getting an aliyah which had special meaning I would love to hear it.... I hope Im not the only one who feels this way.

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The Aliyah

During the Shabbat Torah service, eight men are called by the Gabbai (Torah service coordinator), to "come up" to the Torah for an aliyah (honor). There is one aliyah for each portion of the Torah that is chanted. An additional aliyah, designated the Maftir aliyah, is given to the person who will read the Haftorah. The Haftorah is a chapter of Prophets that is designed to express poetically and prophetically the messages included in the Torah reading for the day.

The first aliyah is given to an individual who is a descendant of Kohanim (the priestly families who served in the time of The Temple). The second aliyah is given to an individual who is from the tribe of Levi. The remaining aliyot are given to descendants of the other Israelite tribes ("Yisroel"). If no Kohen is present, a Levi or Yisroel may be called for the first aliyah.
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Re: Special Aliyahs?
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2010, 04:37:39 AM »
I am not sure if it counts as a full Aliyah, but last Friday I went to a Shul I have never been to before and they asked me to come up and say the Kiddush over the wine with two other men, who were regulars, since I was a new face in the Synagogue.  I have never been up to the Bimah before during a service to do anything like that.  It was quite a thrill!

[the cup was quite full with Manischewitz, more so than I expected!  Much fun!]
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