Subintes (persons called to the Torah)
A subinte is the person called to the Torah. He says the berachot, but does not read from the Torah himself, that is done by the chazzan. Subir in Portuguese means to clime, to go up. So it is a translation of לעלות
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Cohen פבפ stands for the title & name, in Seder Chazzanut noted as NN, see Names |
כהן קרב וכהן, יעמוד השם הטוב פבפ לקרא בתורה, וישמרהו צורו |
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Levi and Yisrael |
יעמוד השם הטוב פבפ לקרא בתורה, וישמרהו צורו |
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One before last, on Shabbat usually sixth, on Yom Tov fourths, called “samuch”, |
יעמוד השם הטוב פבפ לקרא בתורה, וישמרהו צורו, סמוך |
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Lasts, called “mashlim” |
יעמוד השם הטוב פבפ לקרא בתורה, וישמרהו צורו, משלים |
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Maftir. On rare occasions Maftir is called with name. He then is called like the 7th, but with the addition מפטיר in stead of משלים |
מפטיר |
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Exceptions |
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When there is no Levi, the Cohen is called a second time. He skips the ה' עמכם |
קרא כהן במקום לוי |
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When there is no Cohen, a Yisrael is called as first. A Levi is not called. The section of the Levi is given to another Yisrael. |
יעמוד השם הטוב פבפ במקום כהן, שאין לנו כהן לקרא בתורה, וישמרהו צורו |
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A Cohen or Levy may be called as mashlim (7th) |
יעמוד השם הטוב פבפ אף על פי שהוא כהן / אף על פי שהוא לוי וישמרהו צורו, משלים |
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When the Chazzan calls himself. He adds סמוך or משלים if he is 6th or 7th. He skips the ה' עמכם and the congregation says the אמן after the beracha. |
אני הקרא אקרא (סמוך / משלים) |
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When the Chazzan calls himself. He skips the ה' עמכם and the congregation says the אמן after the beracha. |
אני הקרא אפטיר |
Some remarks
 | Only the obligatory number of subintes is called to the Torah. Extra stops are not allowed. |
| Boys under Bar Mitzvah are called for Maftir. Read more on this. |
| A Chatan in the first seven days of his marriage or a father before the Brit Mila of his son are called as third. |