Laws of the Torah Reading

The talmud referring to a Torah portion by name ["Kedoshim Tihyu"]: Zevachim 28a-29a

Requiring a Quorum: Megillah 23b

Having a minor read: Megillah 24a

Having a naked person read: Megillah 24b

Having a person wearing torn, ragged clothing read: Megillah 24a

Having a minor wearing torn, ragged clothing read: Megillah 24b

Position of the Reader: Yoma 69b; Megillah 21a

Having multiple, simultaneous readers: Megillah 21b

Reading the Torah by heart: Yoma 70a, Taanit 28a

One who reads without the musical notes: Megillah 32a

Altering a word in the reading, for purposes of Clean Language: Megillah 25b

Reading at least 3 verses for each section: Taanit 27b; Megillah 22a, 23b, 24a

Leaving at least 3 verses between the point at which the Reader stops and the end of the paragraph: Megillah 22a

Reading at least 10 verses, on days when 3 people are called to the Torah: Megillah 21b

For the 10 verses mentioned above, which one of the 3 callees should get the 4 verse set: Megillah 21b

Leaving more verses for later sections of the Torah reading, to fulfill the principle of rising in holiness: Megillah 21b

Skipping from Section to Section while reading: Yoma 69b; Megillah 22a, 24a

Skipping from one prophet to another: Megillah 24a

Backtracking to a verse which was read earlier: Taanit 27b; Megillah 22a, 30a

Starting to read from a point in a paragraph with less than 3 verses remaining: Taanit 27b

Splitting a Verse ["Pesuka"] which Moshe didn't split: Taanit 27b; Megillah 22a

Splitting a Section ["Parshah"] which Moshe didn't Split: Berachot 12b

What to do with a section of 5 Verses, if you need to get 2 readings out of it: Taanit 27b

Reading in Hebrew: R. Berachot 13a "Leima", Tos. Berachot 13a #5

How the reading of the "Haazinu" portion is to be split up: Rosh HaShanah 31a

One who begins reading and then remembers that he is impure from emission of seed: Berachot 22b

Reading the sections on the Creation of the Universe: Megillah 25a-b

Reading the story of Lot and his daughters: Megillah 25b

Reading the story of Reuven and Bilhah: Megillah 25a, 25b

Reading the story of Yehudah and Tamar: Megillah 25a, 25b

Reading the first and second tellings of the story of the Golden Calf: Megillah 25a, 25b

Reading the blessing of the Jews via the Kohanim: Megillah 25a, 25b

Reading the blessings and curses of the pre-entry to Israel covenant: Megillah 25b

Halting in the midst of reading a section of curses: Megillah 31a, 31b

Reading sections of punishment quickly: Megillah 31b

Reading the sections of curses before Shavuot and Rosh HaShanah: Megillah 31b

Reading the story of the Concubine in Giv'ah: Megillah 25b

Reading the story of King David, Amnon and Tamar: Megillah 25a, 25b [2x]

Reading the story of King David and Avshalom: Megillah 25b

Reading sections on punishments of the Jewish people: Megillah 25a, 25b

Reading the Section of the "Merkavah": Megillah 25a

The order of blessing and reading: Megillah 32a

Taking care to look anywhere but inside the Torah, while reciting the blessing: Megillah 32a

The Blessings, as distinguished from Daily Blessings on Learning Torah: Rosh Berachot 1:13

Having the first callee recite the opening Blessing, and the last one recite the closing Blessing: Megillah 21a

The "modern" custom to have everyone make their own blessings: Megillah 21b, 22a-b

The proper method of rolling the Torah: Megillah 32a

The greatest person present rolls the Torah, and acquires the reward of the rest: Megillah 32a

Not touching a Torah with one's hands while rolling it: Megillah 32a



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