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Can Twins Do the Haftorah Together?


We read in the Talmud (Megillah 21b) that, like the Torah reading, two people may not chant the Haftorah out loud together. This is because it is very hard to hear each word properly, and the purpose of the public chanting is for the congregation to listen and learn.

As such, I would suggest that you discuss this with the rabbi of your synagogue. For example, it is quite common for one person to be called up for maftir and say the blessings on the haftara, while another does the actual reading. Whatever the solution, together with your rabbi, I trust that you will find a way to divide things up so that both boys will shine on their special day.

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Posted: July 1, 2010
Injecting a little humor here...
Twins should be able to both recite it, half and half because it is a half torah (hahahah).
Posted By karen Joyce Chaya Fradle Kleinman Bell, Riverside, CA, USA

Posted: Mar 8, 2010
twins saying the haftorah
when I got bar mitzva, ten men walked out as my brother said the blessing and then they walked in to hear my blessing.
Posted By Anonymous, las vegas, nv.

Posted: Feb 26, 2010
haftorah
when I got bar mitzvahed, ten people walked out & my brother said the blessing & then came back & I said the blessing. Then we both said the haftorah separately.
Posted By Anonymous, las vegas, nv.



 


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