Meanings
plural baalei keriah
- baal korei
Hashem, Hashem, Hashem . . . Notzayr hesed (Ex. 34:6, 7) as well as the other passages, Shuv mayharon apekha (Ex. 32:13) and vesalahta la'avonaynu (Ex. 34:9), are first intoned in the pentateuchal mode for the High Holy Days by the congregation and then repeated by the Ba'al Keri'ah.
1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 159
Origin
- Hebrewבַּעַל קְרִיאָה
- Englishbaal keriah
From Hebrew בַּעַל קְרִיאָה.
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