based on:
"One Min Halacha" #15
By HaRav Yosef-Yeshaya Braun
member of the 3-man Lubavitch rabbinical court of Crown
Heights, Brooklyn.
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SHABBAT Law #s04: "At my
son's bar-mitzvah, can he, I, his older brother, and both grandfathers
all be honored with an aliyah?"
A father and a son may not be called to the Torah one after
the other. Similarly, two brothers should not be called to the Torah one after
another. (If nevertheless they have already been called, depending on the
circumstances, sometimes they will have to take the aliyah or at least
go up and stand on the Bima [reading platform].)
The main reason given for not allowing two close family members
to get subsequent aliyot is Ayin Hara, not to cause any 'evil eye'
[dangerous envy].
Some people are also careful with a father and a grandchild,
particularly if it is a son's son. Some people are even particular with a
father and a son-in-law, although strictly speaking, these cases are not included.
[In all these cases,] if they were called, they should go up for the aliyah.
[Thus, assuming neither grandfather is a Kohen or Levi, the
order could be: 3rd aliyah: father, 4th: maternal grandfather, 5th: paternal
grandfather, 7th: brother, 8th (maftir - aliyah plus haforah
reading): bar mitzvah boy.]
