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Moving a Sefer Torah often

The Rav Name: Rabbi Boaz Yurkowitz

We run a shul in a place which is not private. The owner of the Sefer Torah we use is willing to allow us to use it on the condition that immediately after the Torah reading it gets returned to his home. This brings about a situation where the Sefer Torah would be moved before it has been read from, three times. Is that acceptable?

If this is a shul with fixed regular times for davvening, and the Sefer Torah is returned to the owner in order to be in a safe place, there is no need to read from it three times first.

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