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

[sarah at sarahblakelarose.com]

Yes, brf files can be uploaded.


Sarah Blake LaRose, D.Min.
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Subject: Re: [NFBJ] Misleading information--Hebrew Braille Torah scrolls do not qualify as a Torah from which to read for a congregation

These are not pdf but in a format called brf which is a braille format.  
So I do not think it would work as a file upload.

Thanks,

Rabbi Lenny

On 2025-06-18 18:43, Ricky Lomey via NFBJ wrote:

> 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.
> 
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