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All this is provided that he does not skip from the end of the book to its beginning, since then it would be clear to everyone that he is skipping text.
§ It was taught in the Mishnah: The High Priest furls the Torah scroll and places it on his bosom and says: More than what I have read before you is written here. The Talmud comments: And why must he say all this? It is so as not to cast aspersions on the Torah scroll, because people might think t
§ It was further taught in the Mishnah: The Torah portion beginning with the verse: “And on the tenth,” from the book of Numbers (29:7), he reads by heart. The Talmud asks: Why does he read it by heart? Let him furl the scroll to that portion and read it from the text. Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua
But why not let another Torah scroll be brought that has previously been furled to that portion and read from it? Rav Huna bar Yehuda said: People might mistakenly think the second scroll was brought due to a flaw that was found in the first one. And Reish Lakish said a different reason: A second s
The Talmud questions Rav Huna bar Yehuda’s answer: Are we really concerned that people will think the first scroll had a flaw? Didn’t R' Yitzḥak Nappaḥa say: When the New Moon of Tevet, which always occurs during Hanukkah, occurs on Shabbat, one brings and reads from 3 Torah scrolls. One reads fro