Question: I have a Sefer Torah in Chabad house in a portable dresser/closet. What is the minhag in general regarding how many coverings and how to cover it? Right…
Question: I have a Sefer Torah in Chabad house in a portable dresser/closet. What is the minhag in general regarding how many coverings and how to cover it? Right…
Question: I've always heard that one doesn't do Nefilas Apayim when there's no Sefer Torah in a room. But recently I've heard that one does so if there are…
Question: The Rebbe said that Jewish children should have a letter bought for them in a children's Sefer Torah. Because we cannot all afford to write a Sefer Torah,…
Yes, if you designate a special place for the Sefer Torah first. Ideally, you should ensure to lain three times. If yes, what do I need to know…
One should not transfer the Sefer Torah out of it's set place to bring to read it in a home. There is no such an obligation to read the…
Answer: Ma'aser money can be used to pay for non-obligatory Mitzvos and writing a Sefer Torah to be used by a community is definitely a worthy cause. Nonetheless, since…
Yes, there is room for such a hiddur. ראה לקט יושר ע׳ 153 שהתרוה״ד אמר ליקח ס״ת לפרשת זכור שהיא מוחזקת שהיא מדוייקת. והכי נהוג בכ״מ להשתמש בס״ת…
Although it is technically permitted, especially if you learn a Posuk inside as well, it is recommended to use instead a tikun korim, which contains the ksav ashuris and…
While the Rebbe insisted on decorating the Sefer Torah with a Yad, we do not find that it was actually used during Krias HaTorah not in 770 and neither…
Several Shuls do this with Sifrei Torah from the holocaust... Answer: It is permissible to keep a worn-out invalid Sefer Torah in a glass display in a Shul.…
Question: We are writing a Sefer Torah and we would like to keep it in our house when it is done. What are the Halachos about that? We do…
