Commentary for Sotah 78:8
ואמר רבי תנחום אמר רבי יהושע בן לוי אין הצבור רשאין לצאת עד שינטל ספר תורה ויניח במקומו ושמואל אמר עד שיצא
R. Zera also said in the name of R. Hisda: The congregation is not permitted to respond Amen until a benediction had been completed by the Precentor; and the reader is not permitted to read in the Torah until the response of Amen [to the preliminary benediction] had been completed by the congregation; and the translator<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the ancient Synagogue the recital of each verse of the Scriptural section was followed by a translation into the vernacular. ');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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