Is it forbidden to recite even a single word of the Torah reading from memory (without a written text)?
Synopsis
It is forbidden to recite even a single word of the Torah reading by heart rather than from the written scroll. The Mechaber states this explicitly, and all commentators affirm it. The Yom Kippur exception for the High Priest reciting 'uv'asor' by heart is explained as an unavoidable circumstance.
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