Can We Add Aliyot to the Torah Reading?

Dec 3, 2025
37 mins

Episode Description

I am starting an adult b'nai mitzvah program this year and will be holding a Shabbat morning service for the students in the program. I have twelve students participating and am trying to figure out a way to give them each an individual aliyah. Is it permissible to add aliyot in order to do so? If so, would you repeat an aliyah or divide the aliyot into smaller sections?

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Music featured in this episode: American Dreams by John Torres

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