What does LEYN mean?

What does LEYN mean?

(Judaism) to read from a Torah scroll. (Judaism, by extension) to recite the haftarah, megillah or other ritualized text.

What is Leyning?

When the Torah is read in the Synagogue it is often chanted. This is often described as leyning, which comes from the Yiddish word ‘Leyn’ which means to read. There are cantillation notes shown in printed books of the Torah which tell people how to chant the words.

What did the masoretes do?

The Masoretes, who from about the 6th to the 10th century ce worked to reproduce the original text of the Hebrew Bible, added to “YHWH” the vowel signs of the Hebrew words Adonai or Elohim.

When did Cantillation begin?

cantillation, in music, intoned liturgical recitation of scriptural texts, guided by signs originally devised as textual accents, punctuations, and indications of emphasis. Such signs, termed ecphonetic signs, appear in manuscripts of the 7th–9th century, both Jewish and Christian (Syrian, Byzantine, Armenian, Coptic).

What happens during Bat Mitzvah?

The Bat Mitzvah is only practised by Reform and Liberal Jewish communities. The ceremony follows a similar pattern to the Bar Mitzvah and happens around a girl’s 12th birthday. During her Bat Mitzvah, a girl may read from the Torah or she may instead read a prayer from the Siddur .

Why is 13 the age of bar mitzvah?

The age of thirteen is mentioned in the Mishnah as the time one is obligated to observe the Torah’s commandments: “At five years old one should study the Scriptures, at ten years for the Mishnah, at 13 for the commandments…”