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The commandment of writing a Torah Scroll is not
fulfilled unless the Torah Scroll is completely written
and assessed to be correct. Only then a congregation may
bring it to the synagogue and read from it. Bringing in
a Torah Scroll is considered one of the great holidays
of the community, it usually involves dozens and
hundreds participant's eager to view how the scroll is
finished and dedicated. Put under the wedding canopy,
the Torah Scroll marches together with congregates to
the synagogue followed by songs, blessings and music.
Some follow the custom of saying the blessing
'Shehecheyanu' when they get their first aliyah in the
new Torah.
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At a consecration services for the new Torah Scroll the custom
is to open the new scroll and publicly read therein the concluding
eleven verses until the end. Rabbis, say, that each person
enters in full possession of the Torah Scroll when he gets
an aliyah by virtue of being called to read from it. Thus
anyone who is called to make a blessing over a Torah Scroll
fulfills the mitzvah of having it in his full possession,
as required by the Law.
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