Hearing and Reading from the Torah
In this series with Rabbi Fink survey the opinions of the leading posekim regarding the obligation to read and to hear the reading of the Torah. Is the obligation like that of hearing Megillat Esther, where everyone must hear every word?
Hearing and Reading from the Torah: Hearing and Reading from the Torah
What, exactly, is the obligation to hear the reading of the Torah?
Does everyone have to hear every word? If so, what to do if you miss part?
Or is it sufficient that nine men hear every word?
A source sheet in both WORD format and pdf is available through the links. In class we will translate and explain these sources.
In addition to being one of Rabbi Brovender's first students, Rabbi Dovid Fink is an outstanding expertﾠand teacher of Halacha. Rabbi Fink received his Rabbinic ordination from ITRI and the Mir and was awarded his Ph.D in Semitic Languages and Linguistics from Yale University. Rav Fink has taught thousands of students from all over the world for over 35 years.