Monday, August 27, 2018

minhag - Why do most Ashkenazim read the Torah flatly on a table while many Sefardim read it standing vertically?


(In case you didn't know,) I am Ashkenazic. Most Ashkenazic congregations perform Torah reading by laying the Torah flatly on a table and reading the Torah as it is on the table.


Many Sefardic communities have beautiful encased Torah scrolls and the Torah is read with the case standing vertically on the table.


What is the origin and reason for these differences?




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