Thursday, February 2, 2017

halacha - Is a Torah that does NOT have the (rabbati) large and small letters (keti'ah) still kosher?


I have a Torah in my shul that does not have any large or small letters where required (e.g. - the 1st letter in the Torah, "Breishit", is written larger than the rest.) Is this Torah still considered "kosher"?



Answer



Rabbi Moshe Isserlis writes (YD 275:6) about various scribal traditions including large/small letters that אם שינה לא פסל - if [the scribe] deviated, he did not invalidate [the scroll].


Obviously if they can be fixed, one should do so to conform with the tradition.



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