ז אלול
אַדְמוּ"ר (אַדֹונֵינוּ מֹורֵינוּ וְרַבֵּינוּ) הַזָקֵן הֹורֶה לִכְתֹּוב פְּצוּעַ דַכָּא בְּאַלֶף לְבַּסֹוף וְלֹא בְּהֵ"א. [דברים כג, ב]
בְּפְּרַאג יֶשׁ סֵ"תֹּ (סֵפֶר תֹּורָה) שֶׁקַבָּלָה בְּיָדָם שֶׁהֶגִי' עֶזְרָא הַסֹופֵר, אֵין קֹורִין בֹּו אֶלָא בְּשִׂמְחַ"תֹּ (שִׂמְחַת תֹּורָה)
וְגֹולְלִין אֹותֹו תָּמִיד בְּפַּרְשַׁת שְׁמַע.
כְּשֶׁהָיִיתִי בְּפְּרַאג בְּשְׁנַת תָּרֵסַ"חֶ רְאִיתִי' וְכָּתוּב בֹּו "דַכָּא" בְּאַלֶף.
כֵּן כְּשֶׁהָיִיתִי בְּוָארְמְס בְּשְׁנַת תָּרֵסַ"זַ רָאִיתִי שָׁם סֵ"תֹּ (סֵפֶר תֹּורָה) אַשֶׁר מְקוּבָּל בְּיָדָם שֶׁכָּתְבֹו מַהַרַ"ם מְרוּטֶנבּוּרְג וְגַם בֹּו כָּתוּב דַכָּא בְּאַלֶף.
וְעַיִין בְּשְׁאֵרִית יְהוּדָא (יֹו"דֵ סִי' טֶ"זַ) וְדִבְרֵי נְחֶמְיֶ' (יֹו"דֵ סִי' כָ"בֵּ).
וּבְּסֵפֶר מִשְׁנַת אַבְרָהָם (סִי' לַ"בֵּ) מְצַיֵין כַּמָה סְפָרִים הַדָנִים בָּזֶה.
On the 7th of Elul: The Alter Rebbe (Adoneinu Moreinu v'Rabbeinu HaZaken) instructs that 'p'tzu'a daka' should be written with an alef at the end, not with a hei. [Devarim 23:2]
In Prague there is a Sefer Torah for which they have a tradition that Ezra the Scribe corrected it; it is only read from on Simchat Torah, and it is always rolled to Parshat Shema.
When I was in Prague in the year 5668 (1908), I saw it, and 'daka' was written with an alef. Likewise, when I was in Worms in the year 5667 (1907), I saw there a Sefer Torah that they have a tradition was written by Maharam of Rothenburg, and there too 'daka' was written with an alef.
See She'erit Yehuda (Yoreh Deah siman 16) and Divrei Nechemiah (Yoreh Deah siman 22). In the sefer Mishnat Avraham (siman 32), several books discussing this are cited.
Summary
This Hayom Yom highlights the importance of precise Torah scroll spelling traditions, referencing both halachic authorities and historical manuscripts to reinforce how even small differences are preserved through generations.