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Siman 140 – Interruptions in the kria

בChelek 2
  1. If, for any reason, the oleh stops and is not able to finish his aliya – someone else should be called up to begin again from where he began, with his own beracha before and after. The replacement should not repeat Borchu. (ShA MB )
  2. If you said the beracha before the kria and spoke even one word in any language before you began reading, you will need to repeat the beracha. (MB )
  3. If the subject of your interruption pertained to the kria, b’dieved you do not need to repeat the beracha. (MB )
  4. It is forbidden to interrupt even with divray Torah in the middle of the kria, even if you do not distract your mind from the kria. (MB )
  5. As long as you read at least one possuk before the interruption, you do not have to repeat the beracha. (ShA MB , )
  6. When reciting the first beracha, it is proper to have in mind that it should cover any reading – even if you need to read more after having hessech hadaas. (Compare: stopped too early – then continued only after being corrected.) (MB )
  7. If they showed you the wrong place to begin your aliya, your beracha will cover any pessukim that are open before you – even a different parsha, different column, above or below from where they showed you. (MB )
  8. If they showed the wrong place to the oleh and they need to roll the sefer Torah to the right place – do not protest if the oleh does not want to say another beracha, as long as it is from the same sidra of the week. (MB )