In many congregations it is customary to call all eligible members of the congregation for an "aliyah" to the Torah on Simhat Torah. To accommodate this the first five "aliyot" are reread so that everyone has an opportunity to recite the blessing. To save time, some congregations call people up in groups. Others hold a series of separate "minyanim" for the Torah reading. In a minority of Orthodox congregations women receive "aliyot" in single-gender tefillah groups (prayer groups consisting only of women, who pray together), and only men are called to the Torah in front of the whole congregation.