[Avodah] Correcting Baalei Kriah

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

On 14/07/17 17:26, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote:
> What do you mean by "an educational thing"? Do you mean that mistakes
> are not m'akev the mitzvah? Surely if a mistake changes the meaning of
> the word, then the reading is invalid, no? Why would it be merely "an
> educational thing"?

I don't believe there is a chiyuv for the haftarah to be read, let alone 
for anyone to hear it, therefore it can't be invalid.

There is a chiyuv for a tzibur to read the Torah, although not on any 
individual to hear it.  Even if ten men come into shul after krias 
hatorah they do not have to make it up, but if it was not read at all 
then the tzibur must make it up.  But with the haftarah even if it was 
not read at all they need not make it up; this shows that there is no 
chiyuv, and therefore nothing that can be said not to have been fulfilled.

Also, no matter how many mistake he makes, surely he's read at least 
three pesukim correctly, or at least one pasuk.

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