Tikkun Kor’im Recommendations

Students practice Torah Scroll Navigation using a Tikkun Korim (245 Column / 42 Line Layout)

A Tikkun Kor’im is a book that follows the layout of the Torah Scroll.  Each page of the book represents one Column within the Torah Scroll.  The Column is displayed in two formats on the page:

  • The right side contains the Hebrew text, along with vowel and cantillation symbols, similar to the Hebrew text found in a Chumash.
  • The left side representation of the Column, contains the exact same text in the Torah Scroll STA”M font, with the vowels and cantillation symbols missing.   The left side column is representative of the text in the Torah Scroll.

Torah Readers generally start practicing by reading the text in the right side and then progress to reading the text with the vowels and cantillation symbols.

TIKKUN KOR’IM Layout: 245 Columns / 42 Lines – Recommendations

  • Tikkun Korim Hamefoar: Tikun for Reading the Torah with Instructions and Laws in Hebrew and English – by Abraham B. Walzer – תקון קוראים המפואר
  • Tikkun Korim Simanim – תקון קוראים החדש סימנים

TIKKUN KOR’IM Layout: 226 Columns / 51 Lines – Recommendation (for Advanced Students)

  • Keter Torah Taj – Tikkun Sofrim Teimani (2 volumes) – כתר תורה תאג' תיקון סופרים המקורי
    • Volume 1 – Genesis, Exodus – בראשית – שמות
    • Volume 2 – Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy – ויקרא- במדבר – דברים

   Note: Each page has 26 Lines, so one Column is represented on two pages in this Tikkun

Student Activities using the Tikkun Korim (245 Column / 42 Line Layout)

  • Ideally, each student has access to two Tikkun Korim (Using Tikkun Korim Hamefoar)
    • Their own Personal Tikkun Korim - where they highlight the beginning text of each Aliyah
    • A shared Classroom Tikkun Korim – where Column # Information has been masked
  • Working with a Teacher fellow classmate, or individually, using their Personal Tikkun Korim
    • Student becomes familiar with the layout of each page in the Tikkun
    • Student becomes familiar with the Anchor Columns, and their unique layout
    • Student invests in a quality set of erasable Coloring Pencils
    • Student highlights the beginning text for each Parashah and for each Aliyah using the Coloring Pencils, using the information in the “Where is my Aliyah?” Workbook to locate each Aliyah
      • Students can begin by highlighting the Cohen Aliyah for each Parashah, or
      • Students can highlight each Aliyah for a special Parashah, such as an upcoming Bar/Bat Mitzvah
      • Students can highlight each Aliyiah for an upcoming Shabbat
    • Student learns and practices locating an Aliyah in their highlighted Tikkun
  • Preparing the Classroom Tikkun Korim (Shared by all Students)
    • The Teacher, or study group leader, invests in high quality thin white drafting tape (1/4 inch wide)
    • Teacher covers the information at the top of each Tikkun Page that identifies the Column #, the Sefer Name, the Parashah Name
    • Teacher covers the information between the two Columns on each page which identifies the Chapter and Verse and Aliyah
    • Now, the Classroom Tikkun Korim is representative of a Torah Scroll, with no Clues related to the contents of each Column
  • Practicing Torah Scroll Navigation – Locating a Specific Aliyah for a Specific Parshah
    • Students practice Torah Scroll Navigation using the Classroom Tikkun Korim based on Student Activities on this website, and in the “Where is my Aliyah?” Workbook and in the “Torah Scroll Column Reference Guide”

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