[Avodah] Each tribe had different Torah?

Daniel Eidensohn yadmoshe at 012.net.il
Fri Mar 16 02:54:26 PDT 2007


*The Heichal Beracha is cited by Prof Shapiro [p 97] as asserting that 
each one of the shevatim had a different version of the Torah. Such an 
assertion is obviously problematic and contradicts all the sources I 
have found including the following. Does anyone have any other sources 
which agree with the Heichal Beracha?
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Pesikta DeRav Cahane[1] <#_ftn1>**(Appendix 1): *R’ Huna sated that 
Moshe wrote 13 Sefer Torahs. Twelve were for the 12 Tribes and one was 
given to Levi’im so that if one of Tribes wanted to elminate anything 
from the Torah – the Levi’im would be able to produce their Sefer Torah 
and correct the false text.


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[1] <#_ftnref1>   *פסיקתא דרב כהנא (נספחים אות א):* ר' בניי בשם רב הונא 
שלש עשרה תורות כתב משה י"ב לי"ב שבטים ואחד לשבטו של לוי שאם בקש אחד מן 
השבטים לעקור דבר אחד מן התורה יהא שבטו של לוי מוציא ספר תורה שלו ומגיהו 
מתוכו




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