 The Torah reader and the congregation recite immediately before the Torah reading, signifying how learning the Torah embodies remaining steadfast to God.The Passover Haggadah, in the "magid" section of the Seder, quotes to elucidate the term "great terribleness" in interpreting the "great terribleness" to mean the revelation of the Shechinah or Divine Presence.It is customary for listeners to stand while the reader chants the Ten Commandments in the synagogue, as if the listeners were themselves receiving the revelation at Sinai.