Chapter 79 – Maftir (the last person called up to the Torah on Shabbat and holiday morning)

79.1) Read the half-kaddish (a hymn of praises to G-d) before reading the maftir.

79.2) So not begin saying the maftir benediction for the haftorah until the Scroll is rolled up.

79.3) Do not say “amen” after the words Haneemarim beemet (that were said in truth) in the first benediction over the haftorah.

79.4) Do not speak when the haftorah is read.

79.5) Only the maftir (the last person called up to the Torah on Shabbat and holiday mornings) should audibly read the haftorah.

79.6) When two Sidras or the Torah are joined on the Sabbath, the haftorah of the second Sidra is read.

79.7) Read the haftorah, Hashamayim kisei (the heavens are My throne) on Rosh Hodesh, which occur on the Sabbath.

79.8) On the Sabbath of Hol Hammoed (intermediate days of Pesach (Passover) and Sukkot (one of Judaism’s three central harvest festivals)) Pesach, do not mention the Passover.

79.9) A minor may be called up as maftir on the Sabbath or festivals.

79.10) The haftorah may be read only after the requisite number of people have been called up.

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