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There is a positive mitzvah to write a Sefer Torah<ref>Rambam (Sefer HaMitzvot Asin #18), Sefer HaChinuch (n. 613)</ref> learned from the pasuk "ועתה כתבו לכם את השירה הזאת".<ref>Devarim 31:19</ref> Some explain that the mitzvah of writing a Sefer Torah is supposed to facilitate learning Torah.<ref>Rosh (Hilchot Sefer Torah n. 1)</ref> | There is a positive mitzvah to write a Sefer Torah<ref>Rambam (Sefer HaMitzvot Asin #18), Sefer HaChinuch (n. 613)</ref> learned from the pasuk "ועתה כתבו לכם את השירה הזאת".<ref>Devarim 31:19</ref> Some explain that the mitzvah of writing a Sefer Torah is supposed to facilitate learning Torah.<ref>Rosh (Hilchot Sefer Torah n. 1)</ref> | ||
==General Laws== | ==General Laws== | ||
# Writing or fixing just one letter in a sefer torah is a fulfillment of this mitzvah.<ref> Rambam (Sefer Torah 7:1)</ref> | # Writing or fixing just one letter in a sefer torah is a fulfillment of this mitzvah.<ref> Rambam (Sefer Torah 7:1). Rav Chaim Palagi (Torah Vchaim n. 215) writes that someone who writes a sefer torah fixes the sin of Adam Harishon. </ref> | ||
# Buying an already written sefer torah according to some opinions is a fulfillment of writing a sefer torah, while according to others it isn't a fulfillment of the mitzvah.<ref>Rashi Menachot 30a s.v. Kechotef and Rambam (Sefer HaMitzvot Asin n. 18) imply that one does fulfill the mitzvah when one buys a sefer torah. However, the Rama YD 270:1 writes that one does not fulfill the mitzvah. Gra YD 270:4 agrees with Rashi that it is a fulfillment of the mitzvah.</ref> | # Buying an already written sefer torah according to some opinions is a fulfillment of writing a sefer torah, while according to others it isn't a fulfillment of the mitzvah.<ref>Rashi Menachot 30a s.v. Kechotef and Rambam (Sefer HaMitzvot Asin n. 18) imply that one does fulfill the mitzvah when one buys a sefer torah. However, the Rama YD 270:1 writes that one does not fulfill the mitzvah. Gra YD 270:4 agrees with Rashi that it is a fulfillment of the mitzvah.</ref> | ||
# Some say that buying Sefarim is a fulfillment of this mitzvah. Additionally, one shouldn't sell a sefer except in order to learn torah or to get married.<ref>Rosh (Hilchot Sefer Torah n. 1) writes that nowadays that the sefer torah is left in shul for public torah reading, there is a mitzvah for every Jew to write a chumash, mishna, gemara, and commentaries in order to be able to learn Torah. This codified in Shulchan Aruch YD 270:2.</ref> | # Some say that buying Sefarim is a fulfillment of this mitzvah. Additionally, one shouldn't sell a sefer except in order to learn torah or to get married.<ref>Rosh (Hilchot Sefer Torah n. 1) writes that nowadays that the sefer torah is left in shul for public torah reading, there is a mitzvah for every Jew to write a chumash, mishna, gemara, and commentaries in order to be able to learn Torah. This codified in Shulchan Aruch YD 270:2.</ref> | ||
## Paying for for a talmid chacham to print a sefer is a tremendous mitzvah and fulfillment of this mitzvah according to the Rosh.<ref>Rav Chaim Palagi (Torah Vchayim n. 217) writes that someone who pays for a talmid chacham to print his sefarim merits to share in the company of that talmid chacham in olam haba. He adds other virtues of such a person.</ref> | |||
## A talmid chacham who merited to understand nuances in Torah should write them in a sefer and if he doesn't he's stealing from others that nuance.<ref>[https://www.sefaria.org/Sefer_Chasidim.530.1?lang=bi Sefer Chasidim 530], Rav Chaim Palagi (Torah Vchaim n. 216)</ref> | |||
# Writing a Sefer Torah together with other people is a fulfillment of the mitzvah for everyone involved.<ref>Bet Efraim YD 63 writes that if everyone in a group writes a letter of a sefer torah they fulfill the mitzvah but if they all jointly hire someone to write a sefer torah for them it is questionable if they fulfill the mitzvah. The Pitchei Teshuva YD 270:1 cites the Bet Efraim as well as the Pardes Dovid who says that the minhag is to write a sefer torah in partnership. Rav Moshe in Igrot Moshe YD 1:163 argues that it should fulfill the mitzvah.</ref> Others hold that one doesn't fulfill the mitzvah in partnership.<Ref>Aruch Hashulchan YD 270:11</ref> | # Writing a Sefer Torah together with other people is a fulfillment of the mitzvah for everyone involved.<ref>Bet Efraim YD 63 writes that if everyone in a group writes a letter of a sefer torah they fulfill the mitzvah but if they all jointly hire someone to write a sefer torah for them it is questionable if they fulfill the mitzvah. The Pitchei Teshuva YD 270:1 cites the Bet Efraim as well as the Pardes Dovid who says that the minhag is to write a sefer torah in partnership. Rav Moshe in Igrot Moshe YD 1:163 argues that it should fulfill the mitzvah.</ref> Others hold that one doesn't fulfill the mitzvah in partnership.<Ref>Aruch Hashulchan YD 270:11</ref> | ||
# If someone else writes a Sefer Torah on someone else's behalf without their knowledge the owner isn't fulfillment of the mitzvah.<ref>Pitchei Teshuva YD 270:7 quotes the Mishnat Chachamim who says that if someone else writes a Sefer Torah they wouldn't fulfill the mitzvah since according to the Rama buying a Sefer Torah doesn't fulfill the mitzvah and according to Rashi it isn't the optimal mitzvah and there's no zachin for something which isn't a benefit.</ref> | # If someone else writes a Sefer Torah on someone else's behalf without their knowledge the owner isn't fulfillment of the mitzvah.<ref>Pitchei Teshuva YD 270:7 quotes the Mishnat Chachamim who says that if someone else writes a Sefer Torah they wouldn't fulfill the mitzvah since according to the Rama buying a Sefer Torah doesn't fulfill the mitzvah and according to Rashi it isn't the optimal mitzvah and there's no zachin for something which isn't a benefit.</ref> | ||
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# A sefer torah may be written on the hide of animals that are from kosher species even if that animal itself is a Terefah or Nevelah. <ref>Briatta quoted on Gemara Shabbat 108a, Shulchan Aruch YD 271:1</ref> | # A sefer torah may be written on the hide of animals that are from kosher species even if that animal itself is a Terefah or Nevelah. <ref>Briatta quoted on Gemara Shabbat 108a, Shulchan Aruch YD 271:1</ref> | ||
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# Yemenite Sifrei Torah have symbols for the end of a Pasuk, for example, pressed in to the parchment with a metal instrument. This way, the reader is informed of certain stopping points and pronunciations. Such scrolls are even Kosher for Ashkenazim to read from, but only Yemenites should be exercising this practice. Bediavad, Ashkenazi Sifrei Torah would also be Kosher, but it's not recommended Lechatechilah.<ref>Shu"t Revid HaZahav based on Shu"t HaRivash (Siman 286) and Rama (Yoreh De'ah 274), Shu"t Iggerot Moshe Yoreh De'ah vol. 3 Siman 117</ref> | ''See the [[Tzurat HaOtiot]] page for [[How To Write Letters in a Sefer Torah, Tefillin, and Mezuzot]].'' | ||
# Yemenite Sifrei Torah have symbols for the end of a Pasuk, for example, pressed in to the parchment with a metal instrument. This way, the reader is informed of certain stopping points and pronunciations. Such scrolls are even Kosher for Ashkenazim to read from, but only Yemenites should be exercising this practice. Bediavad, Ashkenazi Sifrei Torah would also be Kosher, but it's not recommended Lechatechilah.<ref>Shu"t Revid HaZahav based on Shu"t HaRivash (Siman 286) and Rama (Yoreh De'ah 274), Shu"t Iggerot Moshe Yoreh De'ah vol. 3 Siman 117</ref> | |||
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