If one omits an entire word (not merely mispronounces a letter), must the reader return even if the meaning is not changed?
Synopsis
The Biur Halacha rules that omitting an entire word always requires the reader to return, regardless of whether the meaning changes — unlike the leniency for letter-level errors.
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