Kavod Sefer Torah and Seforim #3: Turning Your Back to the Torah? Haftarah, Mussaf, and More

from Learning Torah with Rabbi Sariel Malitzky · host Rabbi Sariel Malitzky

One may not turn his back to a Sefer Torah. So how can the person reading the Haftarah stand at the bimah while someone sits behind him holding the Torah? What about during the opening parts of Mussaf, when much of the congregation has its back to the Torah? Is that permitted? Why are many Sephardic shuls designed with this issue in mind?

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