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cherrybim
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Pashuteh Yid – good ha’ara, but what happens when there are multiple Sifrei Torah on Yom Tov or Shabbos; the bal k’riah and amud ha’torah have their backs to the Torah?

Many shuls are set up with tables so that the mispallalim’s backs are to the Aron or Shulchan but it’s not l’chatchila. It needs (or at one time needed) to be done because of space issues. The problem is that, in time, many b’dee’eveds become l’chatchilas, and the b’dee’eveds are not corrected when the opportunity presents itself.