Is the public Torah reading on Shabbat a Torah obligation?

This Torah study examines the question: Is the public Torah reading on Shabbat a Torah obligation? The canonical Hebrew discussion develops the issue through the weekly Torah portion and the sources cited there, preserving the distinctions, tensions and practical implications that belong to the source itself. This localized layer is designed for study and discovery; it does not add a new halakhic, medical, legal, historical or empirical ruling beyond the canonical Hebrew source.