[NFBJ] Misleading information--Hebrew Braille Torah scrolls do not qualify as a Torah from which to read for a congregation

[Ricky Lomey]

I remember reading an article in the Times of Israel some years ago that a girl in a women's Torah reading at a modern Orthodox congregation in Washington DC read her Bat Mitzvah portion also in Hebrew braille using a cantillation or trop which had been devised and I found this to be rather strange in view of Rabbi Levy's below and wondered if it would have been allowed if one knew Hebrew braille for a Barmy and also was under the impression that it would not have been.

Ricky Lomey

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Subject: [NFBJ] Misleading information--Hebrew Braille Torah scrolls do not qualify as a Torah from which to read for a congregation

A Torah must be read from a parchment.  There are no legitimate sources which permit the reading of the Torah from material other than a parchment.

Rabbi Michael Levy
Yad Hachazakah
www.yadempowers.org<http://www.yadempowers.org>

516-295-89999

www.yadempowers.org<http://www.yadempowers.org>

516-295-8999
Sharon Shapiro Lacks, Board Chairman
From: Stewart Prost <sprost82 at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2025 9:52 PM
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Subject: Information from Rabbi Lenny Sarko

Greetings all,
Please see the attached information from Rabbi Lenny Sarko.


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