Last is Not Least -Parshas Vayishlach

 

Parshas Hashavua וישלח אחרון אחרון חביב Is it last but not least? It is customary when calling up the last speaker at a  function to add to the introduction  "אחרון אחרון חביב". It's done so, as to suggest that this כיבוד is a חשובע כיבוד  It is also customary to honor special people with ברכה אחריתא.  Is last, more of a כיבוד than the ones before?   The Gemoro  Gittin 60a & Shulchan Aruch O.Ch. 136 lists whom to call up to the Torah after Kohen & Levi. You start with the most חשובע person the Talmid Chacham & Parnes until you get to the last two עליות  **שישי* & שביעי where everyone even the simple Yidden can be עולה.   According to the Gemoro and Shulchan Aruch,**שישי* & שביעי the last two עליות are the least חשוב.   *The Zohar argues on the Bavli and considers Shishi as a Chashuva Aliya. **The Mishna Verurah  (136 sk5) writes "Today the Minhag Is for the Godol Hatzibur (The Rov etc.) to be mesayem the sidrah"  (takes שביעי)