When a person who finishes reading from the Torah and another who begins do not read from the same scroll, may the second person read directly from his scroll without a gap?
Synopsis
When the Chosson Torah finishes and immediately the Chosson Bereishit begins from a different scroll, there is concern that observers might say the first scroll is defective. The proper procedure is to return the first scroll and put it in place before immediately taking the second scroll for the beginning.
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