Prophet on Parchment for Sephardim
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Question
We are Sephardim and want to buy a prophet on parchment, but it is claimed that this is only an Ashkenazi custom?
Answer
The reason that all communities switched to print was due to budget constraints, and certainly, parchment is more honorable. Incidentally, Chesed LeAvraham, one of the great poskim of Morocco, testifies that the custom of the Fez community is to read from a prophet on kosher parchment.
Source
Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim, Siman 284, Paragraph 1) Levush (Orach Chaim, Siman 284, Paragraph 1) Chesed LeAvraham (ibid.) Mishnah Berurah (Sk 1).
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