Haftarah in a Printed Book
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Question
A person who always makes sure to hear or read the Haftarot from a prophet written by a scribe with ink on parchment. Once, he found himself in a synagogue that did not have such a prophet, and he was called up for Maftir. During the Haftarah reading with its blessings, he will only have a printed Chumash before him. What should he do?
Answer
Shalom Rav
In a situation of necessity, one can rely on reading from a printed Chumash.
Source
Mishna Berura, Siman 284, S"K 1
Nevertheless, if they only have the Haftarah printed in a Chumash, one can rely on leniency to not cancel the reading of the Haftarah, but certainly, it is proper and correct that every congregation should have prophets written on parchment according to the law, as then even the names are written in holiness, which is not the case when it is on printed paper