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How to Read the Torah
By Shlomo Yusba
Reading the Torah is not difficult to master; it just requires knowing the
the special "niggun" or notes by which the Torah is chanted. The notes are not the same as the musical scale that we all know from pop music, but rather a special system of connecting words or separating them.
Through the Torah reading we can hear meaning in the Torah.
Below is a chart by which you may hear the Torah cantilation according to the Ashkenazi reading. Simply click on each picture and hear for yourself what it sounds like. You will be able to learn how to read the Torah by yourself.
| Hebrew Word |
Transliteration |
Note |
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Kadmah |
found at begining of verse |
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Poshtah |
found at begining of verse |
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Poshtah |
found at begining of verse |
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Munach Zarka |
|
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Munach Segol |
|
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Munach |
|
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Munach Reveie |
|
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Mapach Pashta |
|
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Munach Zokaf Koton |
|
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Poshtah Zokaf Koton |
|
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Zokaf Godol |
|
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Marka Tipcha |
|
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Munach Esnachta |
stop in middle of verse |
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Pezar |
|
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Telisha Ketanah |
|
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Telisha Gedolah |
|
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Kadma V'azlah |
|
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Azlah Garash |
|
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Garshayim |
|
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Dargah Tver |
|
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Marka Tver |
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Yetzev |
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Munach |
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Shashelet |
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Karnai Parah |
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Marka Kefulah |
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Yerah Ben Yomo |
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Marka Sof Pasuk |
end of verse |
Now that you have practiced and mastered each individual cantilation note, try to say them all. You can hear all the cantiliation by clicking on the picture of the trump.
Click to hear the Torah Cantilation and sing along.
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from the January 2007 Edition of the Jewish Magazine
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