SAA Responsa 1
Title
SAA Responsa 1
Subject
Sefer Torah
Source
Date
1890
Rights
City Archives Amsterdam
Author Long Name
Philip Joaschim Benjamin Gobits
Author Short Name
Gobits
Category
Orah Haim
Legible
TRUE
Question Summary
On Simchat Torah just before the Chatan Torah is called upon the Torah, they find a mistake in the Torah scroll.
Question Full
In one of the congregations that has the custom until today to select a Chatan Torah and to honour him in front of the community with all types of honour and grandour, they read the Torah in front of the person with the fifth Aliyah in the verse "there is none like G-d Jeshurun", and they found that the letter "Bet" appeared in place of the letter "Kaf" and now they wished to know what to do.
Collection
Citation
“SAA Responsa 1,” Pri Ets Haim Amsterdam Responsa, accessed April 4, 2025, https://pehh.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/2554.