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==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)</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.</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 70:4 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> | ||
==Who is obligated to write a Sefer Torah?== | ==Who is obligated to write a Sefer Torah?== | ||
# Men are obligated to write a sefer torah.<Ref>Rambam (Sefer Torah 7:1), Shulchan Aruch YD 270:1</ref> | # Men are obligated to write a sefer torah.<Ref>Rambam (Sefer Torah 7:1), Shulchan Aruch YD 270:1</ref> | ||
