Sephardim
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A large, raised, reader's platform called the bimah main ( בימה main) by Ashkenazim and tebah main by Sephardim, where the Torah scroll is placed to be read is a feature of all synagogues.
Historically Sephardim studied the Tosefot ha-Rosh and the commentaries of Nahmanides in preference to the printed Tosafot.
Emulating the local Sephardim 's custom, it omitted the " Father of Mercy " prayer, beseeching God to take revenge upon the gentiles, in 1796.
Sephardim believe that every beracha (blessing) said elevates the neshama (soul) of the deceased, and so one should eat a variety of foods to be able to say more than one beracha.
Sephardim then say Psalm 121, say the Mourner's Kaddish, and repeat Barechu before concluding with the Aleinu.
The Sephardim omit much of the Yekum Purkan.