A disqualification in the Sefer Torah from which Parashat Zachor was read
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Question
A disqualification was found in the Sefer Torah from which Parashat Zachor was read this year. How should one act?
Answer
Some announce before the reading of Parashat Ki Tetze that the scroll had been disqualified and intend to fulfill the obligation now, but in practice there is no need to do so,
Source
By Torah law there is no obligation to fulfill this every year; see Sefer HaChinuch (mitzvah 603). Rabbinically, the obligation applies only on the Shabbat adjacent to Purim; see responsa Ginat Veradim, klal 1, siman 35, and Shaarei Ephraim, sha’ar 8. And if the mistake was found on that same Shabbat on which Zachor was read, the opinion of the Pri Megadim, siman 146, and responsa Avnei Nezer, Yoreh De’ah siman 377, is that it must be read again.
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