Cantor Gustavo's Classroom
 
Cantor Gustavo Gitlin
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Shalom! You've been asked to take an aliyah or you just want to perfect your
pronunciation of some of our prayers. Here is where you can practice. Click on
the music note below to hear me chant the blessings. Then try yourself. Soon
you will be confident enough to join us on the bimah!
Always remember your Hebrew/Yiddish name and your Father's (and
mother's).
Cantor Gustavo Gitlin
Taking an Aliyah
When called for an aliyah, come forward and stand to the Torah reader's right.
Take a corner of your tallit or the Torah tie and touch it to the place in the
scroll the Torah reader shows you. Kiss the tallit or Torah tie.
Grasp both atzei hayim (Torah handles), roll the scroll closed and recite the
blessings (also found on a card on the Torah reading table) as follows.
Begin by saying:
(Click the note below to listen to Cantor chant the blessing)
Barekhu et adonai ha-mevorakh.
Wait for the congregation to respond.
Barukh adonai ha-mevorakh le'olam va'ed.
You then repeat their response.
Barukh adonai ha-mevorakh le'olam va'ed.
Continue with the brakha:
Barukh ata adonai eloheinu melekh ha'olam,
asher bahar banu me-kol
ha'amim
ve'natan lanu et torato. Barukh ata adonai
notane
ha'torah
Roll the scroll open, hold the right atz hayim (handle) in your left hand and
follow as the aliyah is read.
Take a corner of your tallit or the Torah tie and touch it to the place in the
scroll the Torah reader shows you. Kiss the tallit or Torah tie.
Grasp both atzei hayim (Torah handles), roll the scroll closed and recite the
blessing:
(Click the note below to listen to Cantor chant the blessing)
Barukh ata adonai eloheinu melekh ha'olam,
asher natan lanu torat emet,
ve'ha-yay olam natah betokhaynu.
Barukh ata adonai notane ha'torah.
Step to your left and remain on the bimah through the end of the next aliyah.
Yasher koach! I hope to see you soon on the bimah!
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