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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 146
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<b>שלא לדבר בשעת הקריאה. ובו ד סעיפים:</b><br>אסור לצאת ולהניח ס"ת כשהוא פתוח אבל בין גברא לגברא שפיר דמי:
To Not Speak at the Time of the Torah Reading. Containing 4 S'ifim: It is forbidden to exit [the synagogue] and leave the Torah while it is open. But between one person's [aliyah] and another, it is permitted.
כיון שהתחיל הקורא לקרות בספ' תורה אסור לספר אפי' בד"ת אפי' בין גברא לגברא ואפי' אם השלי' הוא הפרשה ויש מתירים לגרוס [פירוש ללמוד] בלחש ויש אומרים שאם יש עשרה דצייתי (פירוש שמשימין לבם) לספ' תורה מות' לספ' [בדברי תורה] (ב"י בשם מהרי"א) ויש מתירין למי שתורתו אומנתו ויש מתירין למי שקוד' שנפתח ס"ת מחזיר פניו ומראה עצמו שאינו רוצה לשמוע ס"ת אלא לקרות ומתחיל לקרות ולקרות שנים מקרא ואחד תרגום בשעת קריאת התורה שרי וכל זה אינו ענין לפרש' זכור ופרשת פרה שהם בעשר' מדאוריית' שצריך לכוין ולשמעם מפי הקורא והנכון שבכל הפרשיות ראוי למדקדק בדבריו לכוין דעתו ולשמעם מפי הקורא:
Once the reader began reading from the Torah scroll, it is forbidden to speak even words of Torah, and even between one person [i.e. aliyah] and the another, and even if one already finished the parasha. And there are those who permit to "grind out" (meaning: to learn) quietly. And there are those who say that if there are ten who are listening (meaning: they are paying attention) to the Torah scroll, then it is permitted to discuss (words of Torah) (Beit Yosef in the name of Mahari"a). And there are those who permit it for those for whom Torah is their profession. And there are some who permit it for one who turns one's face away before they open the Torah scroll, who makes self appear that one does not want to listen to the Torah scroll, but rather [wants] to read [i.e. learn], and begins to read [i.e. learn]. And to read "shnayim mikrah, v'echad targum" [i.e., the practice of "reading each verse twice, and the Aramaic translation once"] during the Torah reading is permitted. And all this does not apply to Parashat Zachor and Parashat Parah which must be read since they [require a quorum of] ten [people] as [obligations] from the Torah that require one to concentrate and hear [them] from the mouth of the reader. And it is proper that for all the parshiot [throughout the year], it is fitting to be scrupulous with the reader's words and for one to pay attention and hear them from the reader.
אסו' לספר כשהמפטי' קורא בנביא עד שישלי' כמו בספר תורה:
It is forbidden to speak when the Maftir is reading from the Prophets until he finishes, just like with the Torah scroll.
אין צריך לעמוד מעומד בעת שקורין בתורה [ויש מחמירין ועומדין וכן עשה מוהר"ם] [מרדכי פרק רבי אליעזר דמילה]:
There is no need to stand up during the reading of the Torah. (There are those who are stringent and stand, and that was the practice of the Mahara"m). (Mordechai - chapter "Rabbi Eliezer d'Milah")
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