When the Torah is raised, the Congregation recites:
This is the Torah which Moses placed before the children of Israel. It is in accordance with the Lord’s command through Moses.[1]
It is a tree of life to those who take hold of it, and happy are those who support it. Its ways are pleasant ways, and all its paths are peace. Long life is in its right hand, and in its left hand are riches and honor. The Lord was pleased, because of his righteousness, to render the Torah great and glorious.[2]
On Mondays and Thursdays (if Taḥanun has been said), before returning the Torah to the ark, the Reader recites:
May it be the will of our Father who is in heaven to establish our Temple, and to restore his divine presence in our midst, speedily in our days; and let us say, Amen.
May it be the will of our Father who is in heaven to have mercy on us and on our remnant, and to ward off destruction and pestilence from us and from all his people, the house of Israel; and let us say, Amen.
May it be the will of our Father who is in heaven to preserve everywhere among us the wise men of Israel and their wives, their sons and daughters, their disciples and the disciples of their disciples; and let us say, Amen.
May it be the will of our Father who is in heaven that we receive good tidings of deliverance and comfort; may he gather our dispersed from the four corners of the earth; and let us say, Amen.
As for our brethren, the whole house of Israel, who are handed over to distress and captivity, on sea or on land, may God have mercy on them and grant them relief, bringing them from darkness to light, from servitude to liberty, speedily and very soon; and let us say, Amen.
The Reader takes the Torah and says:
Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted—
