Calling a Son to the Torah After His Father
Question
May a father and son be called to the Torah when the father receives the last aliyah and the son is called for maftir?
Answer
Shalom u’vracha.
This is also included in the prohibition.
Only when the maftir is read from a different Torah scroll is there no problem.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 141:6
ואפי' אם א' הוא השביעי וא' הוא המפטיר, לא יקראו השני בשמו משום עין הרע. — “Even if one is the seventh aliyah and the other is the maftir, the second should not be called by name because of the evil eye.”
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