New answers tagged sefer-torah
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I am not aware of any specific directions. It seems that the Septuagint was the model of an acceptable Torah in Greek.
It seems that essentially any good translation would be acceptable, as Moshe Himself wrote the Torah in all 70 languages (as per G-d's command) Devarim 1:5.
בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן בְּאֶרֶץ מוֹאָב הוֹאִיל מֹשֶׁה בֵּאֵר
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As I mentioned in this answer, Ralbag explains that the point of this Torah was to prevent mistakes from creeping in to future Torah scrolls.
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The Maharsham Daas Torah says that one should fast when a Pasul Sefer Torah falls, and that seems to be the opinion of most Poskim quoted in Nitei Gavriel.
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