שירצה
is not to call up for the
Parshas Tochecha Aliya
by name.אלא קורין מי שירצה."
There is a Machlokes between the
M.V. in Biur Halacha
and the Machtzis Hashekel How
the Gabai should call up
for the Tochecha.
According to the Machtzis
Hashekel he actually calls up,
"Ya'amod Mi Sheyirtze"
The Biur Halacha argues and
claims, He doesn't like when
they come up with new
ideas that doesn't sound right
and also there is no such
Minhag to do so".
Therefore he holds,the Rema
meant to say to find a person
who is willing to take this Aliya
and then you call
him up by his name. (He agrees
it's a Dochek Pshat in the Rema)
The Machtzis Hashekel claims this
not to be a solution
because there is a possibility
that even after agreeing to take
the Aliya he will back out the
last minute. (will panic with fear*)
I have a strong feeling that the Heiliger
Chofetz Chaim wasn't
aware that most western
Europe (Germany, Austria etc.
Oberland Hungary
& Czechoslovakia) the Minhag was to call up
"Ya'amod Mi Sheyirtze". (Like
the Machtzis Hashekel) This Minhag
goes back to at least the 17th
century (Mekor Chaim Bachrach) and
most likely very much
earlier.
Had the Heiliger Chofetz Chaim
been aware of it,
he probably would not have
written "וגם אין נוהגין כן - לחדש ענין כזה ".
He might have
even changed his mind and agreed with the
Machtzis Hashekel to call up
Ya'amod Mi Sheyirtze.
*It is interesting how in the
olden days
most people feared taking this
Aliya and even after
agreeing to do so we were
concerned they might
back out. Today, I am not
aware of a single Bal Keriah
who refuses to lein the Tochecha
so that he won't need
to get this Aliyah.
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