בַּעַל קְרִיאָה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Ba'al Kri'ah, reader of weekly portion of the Law in synagogue

הגדרה (אנגלית)

A person skilled in reading the Torah or a scroll in the synagogue according to the cantillation marks of the text.

("And the reader may not read the scroll until it is told to him 'read,' but if there is a fixed Ba'al Kri'ah for this, it is not necessary to wait for the public's announcement, since he is appointed for this." – Arukh HaShulchan Orach Chayim, Laws of Megillah, Siman 580.)