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On 11 Feb 97 at 19:34, DrJDPrice@aol.com wrote:

> According to Dr. Harrold Haralick:
> "The Torah texts that are read in the orthodox synagogues today world-wide
> are suppose to be identical. The accepted text can be found in a book called
> a Tikun Sefer....."
> 
> I have not yet examined a Tikun Sefer. Does anyone know anything more about
> it. Supposedly the electronic Koren text has been collated with that text.

It sounds to me as if Dr. Haralick is referring to a "Tikun 
LaKor'im", which is an aid used by many "ba'ale kriah" (those who 
read from the Torah in the synagogue during services) to learn the 
proper cantillation and pronunciation, since Torah scrolls include 
neither vowel and  diacritical markings for pronunciation or 
cantillation signs ("t'amim") for the accent and melody.   A Tikun 
consists simply of the text of the Torah printed in two parallel 
columns on each page;  one column shows the text as it appears in the 
Torah scroll  (in the formal script and without the additional 
markings ) and the other with the pronunciation and melody markings.
There are a number put out by different publishers.

Lewis Reich
lbr@sprynet.com

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