Israel's Aliyah to the Torah in the Aliyah Designated for a Levite
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Question
A Levite adopted a child (and the child knows that his father is his stepfather), and they call the child to the Torah in the aliyah for Levites. Can he go up (he is embarrassed to refuse...)?
Answer
He is not allowed to go up for the Levite aliyah if he is not a Levite.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 135
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