Establishing a Text of the Torah
The Primordial God is a refuge [me‘onah] (Deuteronomy 33:27). Three scrolls [of the Torah] were kept in the Courtyard [to ensure accurate versions of the text]. One transmitted [variant readings of] me‘onim. One spelled the pronoun “he” [hu’] as “she” [hy’], and one was called the “youngster scroll” [sefer za‘atutim].
In one scroll, there was…
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