said with one's head resting on his or her arm. On certain days, there is a Torah reading at this point in the service. On most weekdays, three aliyot are given as honors; on Rosh Chodesh and Chol hamoed there are four aliyot. The service concludes with the recitation of more verses and Aleinu. Shabbat The service commences as on week-days. In pesukei dezimra, most communities omit Psalm 100 (Mizmor LeTodah, the psalm for the Thanksgiving offering), because the todah or Thanksgiving offering could not be offered on Shabbat in the days of the Temple in Jerusalem. Its place is taken in the Ashkenazi tradition by Psalms , , , , , , , , . Sephardic Jews maintain a different order, add several psalms and two religious poems. The Nishmat prayer is recited at the end of the Pesukei D'Zimrah. The blessings before Shema are expanded, and include the hymn El Adon, which is often sung communally. The intermediary blessing of the Shacharit Amidah begins with Yismach Moshe and discusses Moses' receiving of the Torah (which according to tradition took place on Shabbat morning). In Nusach Ashkenaz (and Nusach Sefard) the Kedushah, which is always recited during the Hazzan's repetition of the third blessing, is significantly expanded; in the Sephardic rite, it is recited in the same form as on weekdays. After the repetition is concluded, some recite the Psalm of the Day (others recite it at the end of the service) and the Torah scroll is taken out of the Ark. In the Eastern Ashkenazic rite, this ritual is much longer than the ritual during the week, but in the Western Ashkenazic rite, the ritual is almost identical to that of the weekdays. The weekly portion is read, divided into at least seven Aliyot (plus a "maftir" Aliyah), followed by the haftarah. In Nusach Ashkenaz (and Nusach Sefard), three prayers for the community are recited after the Torah reading. Two prayers starting with Yekum Purkan, composed in Babylon in Aramaic, are similar to the subsequent Mi sheberakh, a blessing for the leaders and patrons of the synagogue. In the Western Ashkenazic rite, the Mi sheberakh is omitted on Shabbat mevorchim (Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh). In some communities, prayers are then recited for the government of the country, for peace, and/or for the State of Israel. On the Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh (Shabbat mevorchim) a special prayer blessing the