4.30 Emor 5784

1) When I lift the Sefer Torah (AKA Hagbeh), should I: a) rotate to my right or to my left; b) turn to the degree that those in the front of the Bima are able to see the script? 2) May a brother listen to his sister singing? 3) Thinking of helping to form Minyonim for Krias haTorah later in the day of Shovuos: Does it work for someone to decide that “I’m not going to be yoitze with my hearing the reading in Shul in the morning”? 4) Feedback on the Dikduk discussions: Two comments from the Rebbe: 5) At supper I ate bread. In error, I said the After-Brocho על המחי'. Do I still have to say the full bentsching? 6) On Monday night I forgot to count Sefiro. On Tuesday I was present at an early Maariv, and after I answered Borchu I remembered to count last night’s Sefiro. May I continue counting Sefiro with a brocho? 7) Feedback (from R’ Dovid Wakser) re. Shabbos-belt: Yehuda Clapman (the sofer) once told me that he had fashioned a “belt” by drilling holes in the two ends of his glasses and used a string or elastic to wear them on Shabbos. Once, Rav Zalman Shimon Dvorkin saw that, and told him, “In this matter, you should be able to carry a pot of cholent”!