Defect in the Torah Scroll Used for Reading Zachor
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Question
A defect was found in the Torah scroll used for reading 'Parshat Zachor' this year. How should one proceed?
Answer
Some announce before the reading of 'Ki Teitzei' that there was a defect and intend to fulfill the obligation now, but in practice, it is not necessary to do so.
Source
According to the Torah, it is not required every year, see Sefer HaChinuch (translation) and rabbinically it is only on the Shabbat closest to Purim, see Shut Ganat Veradim, Klal 1, Siman 35 and Shaarei Ephraim, Shaar 8. If the error was found on the same Shabbat that Zachor was read, the opinion of the PMG, Siman 146, and Shut Avnei Nezer, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 377, is that it should be read again.
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