Q. In our shul we read Megilat Ruth as well as others Megilot from one written on a Klaf (parchment), that resembles a small Sefer Torah. The only one that knows how to read that type of Megila will not be able to attend our shul on Shabbat when Ruth is read this year.
We have two options. We read Ruth from a Tanach or Chumash as most congregations do. Or we read from the Klaf Megila by our usual Baal Koreh, but in the first day of Shavuot (Friday) when he will be present. Which is the best option.
A. Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a suggested that it may be read as usual on Shabbos the second day of Shavuos, with someone quietly reading it first and the Baal Koreh repeating. He may similarly have an open Chumash in front of him and looking at each posuk first before reading the Klaf Megila.
Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that since in Eretz Yisroel the Megila is read on the Friday the first day, in need it could be read by the proper Baal Koreh on that day.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit’a
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