If a word in the Torah is written one way (ketiv) but read a different way (kri), how should it be read?
Synopsis
The sources unanimously require reading according to the tradition (kri), not according to the written form (ketiv). This is considered a 'Halakha l'Moshe mi-Sinai' (law given to Moses at Sinai).
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