{"id":954,"date":"2011-05-24T00:57:12","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T04:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hasoferet.com\/blog\/?p=954"},"modified":"2011-05-19T01:01:29","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T05:01:29","slug":"masechet-soferim-chapter-2-16-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hasoferet.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/masechet-soferim-chapter-2-16-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Masechet Soferim, chapter 2, 16-20"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"direction:rtl; text-align:right; padding:0 1em 1em  1em;\">\n\u05d8\u05d6) \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05e2\u05e9\u05d4 \u05d7\u05e6\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d2\u05d5\u05d9\u05dc \u05d5\u05d7\u05e6\u05d9\u05d5 \u05e7\u05dc\u05e4\u05d9\u05dd, \u05d0\u05d1\u05dc \u05e2\u05d5\u05e9\u05d4 \u05d7\u05e6\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d2\u05d5\u05d9\u05dc \u05d5\u05d7\u05e6\u05d9\u05d5 \u05e6\u05d1\u05d0\u05d9\u05dd, \u05d0\u05e3 \u05e2\u05dc \u05e4\u05d9 \u05e9\u05d0\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05de\u05df \u05d4\u05de\u05d5\u05d1\u05d7\u05e8.\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0 1em 1em  1em;\">\n He shouldn\u2019t do half of it on gevil [=a thicker type of cow parchment, more like leather] and half on klaf [a thinner type of parchment made by splitting a cow skin laterally]. But he may do half on gevil and half on deer [deer also comes out thickish with a similar texture to gevil], even though that isn\u2019t the nicest way of doing it.  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"direction:rtl; text-align:right; padding:0 1em 1em  1em;\">\n\u05d9\u05d6) \u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05d3\u05d5\u05d1\u05e7\u05d9\u05df \u05d1\u05d3\u05d1\u05e7, \u05d5\u05dc\u05d0 \u05db\u05d5\u05ea\u05d1\u05d9\u05df \u05e2\u05dc \u05d2\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d4\u05de\u05d8\u05dc\u05d9\u05ea, \u05d5\u05dc\u05d0 \u05ea\u05d5\u05e4\u05e8\u05d9\u05df \u05d1\u05de\u05e7\u05d5\u05dd \u05d4\u05db\u05ea\u05d1, \u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05e8&#8217; \u05e9\u05de\u05e2\u05d5\u05df \u05d1\u05df \u05d0\u05dc\u05e2\u05d6\u05e8 \u05de\u05e9\u05d5\u05dd \u05e8&#8217; \u05de\u05d0\u05d9\u05e8 \u05e9\u05d3\u05d5\u05d1\u05e7\u05d9\u05df \u05d1\u05d3\u05d1\u05e7, \u05d5\u05db\u05d5\u05ea\u05d1\u05d9\u05df \u05e2\u05dc \u05d2\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d4\u05de\u05d8\u05dc\u05d9\u05ea, \u05d0\u05d1\u05dc \u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05ea\u05d5\u05e4\u05e8\u05d9\u05df \u05d1\u05de\u05e7\u05d5\u05dd \u05d4\u05db\u05ea\u05d1 \u05de\u05d1\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd, \u05d5\u05ea\u05d5\u05e4\u05e8\u05d9\u05df \u05d1\u05de\u05e7\u05d5\u05dd \u05d4\u05db\u05ea\u05d1 \u05de\u05d1\u05d7\u05d5\u05e5.\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0 1em 1em  1em;\">\n  One does not stick it together with glue, and one doesn\u2019t write on patches, nor sew in the bit with the writing. Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar said in the name of Rabbi Meir that we do stick it together with glue, and write on patches; but we don\u2019t sew it in the bit with the writing on the front side, and we do sew in the bit with the writing on the back side. [You can do this if you are working with unsplit hides; they\u2019re thick enough that you can stitch through only part of the thickness of the material. I think this is what it&#8217;s talking about. ] <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"direction:rtl; text-align:right; padding:0 1em 1em  1em;\">\n\u05d9\u05d7) \u05e6\u05e8\u05d9\u05da \u05e9\u05d9\u05d4\u05d0 \u05de\u05e9\u05d9\u05d9\u05e8 \u05de\u05dc\u05de\u05e2\u05dc\u05df \u05d5\u05de\u05dc\u05de\u05d8\u05df, \u05db\u05d3\u05d9 \u05e9\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05e7\u05e8\u05e2, \u05d5\u05de\u05d0\u05d7\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e2\u05dc \u05de\u05d7\u05d9\u05d9\u05d4, \u05de\u05dc\u05de\u05d8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05de\u05e2\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d5\u05de\u05dc\u05de\u05e2\u05dc\u05d4 \u05dc\u05de\u05d8\u05d4, \u05d4\u05dc\u05db\u05d4 \u05dc\u05de\u05e9\u05d4 \u05de\u05e1\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9.\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0 1em 1em  1em;\">\n  One must leave a bit [unsewn] above and below, so that it shouldn\u2019t tear. And one has to go back over the sewing \u2013 from bottom to top, and from top to bottom \u2013 this is halakha from Moses at Sinai. [I think it\u2019s saying that you make a backstitch at each end, but I\u2019m not sure. The various other things I\u2019ve read haven\u2019t discussed this one. Remember a few days ago I said this text isn\u2019t authoritative?] <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"direction:rtl; text-align:right; padding:0 1em 1em  1em;\">\n\u05d9\u05d8) \u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05e9\u05e0\u05e7\u05e8\u05e2 \u05d8\u05d5\u05dc\u05d4 \u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05d5 \u05de\u05d8\u05dc\u05d9\u05ea \u05de\u05d1\u05d7\u05d5\u05e5.\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0 1em 1em  1em;\">\n  A sefer which tore \u2013 you put a patch on the back. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"direction:rtl; text-align:right; padding:0 1em 1em  1em;\">\n\u05db) \u05db\u05dc \u05d4\u05d0\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05db\u05e4\u05d5\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05d0\u05dc\u05e4\u05d0 \u05d1\u05d9\u05ea\u05d0, \u05db\u05d5\u05ea\u05d1 \u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05e8\u05d0\u05e9\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc\u05ea \u05d4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d1\u05d4, \u05d5\u05d1\u05d0\u05de\u05e6\u05e2 \u05d4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d1\u05d4, \u05d5\u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05d0\u05d7\u05e8\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05e1\u05d5\u05e3, \u05d5\u05d0\u05dd \u05e9\u05d9\u05e0\u05d4 \u05e4\u05e1\u05d5\u05dc.\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0 1em 1em  1em;\">\nThe letters of the alphabet for which two forms exist \u2013 you put the former at the beginning of the word, and in the middle of the word, and the latter at the end of the word, and if you deviate from this, it is invalid. [Note to self: look at this in the context of the development of final letterforms, sometime or other.]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u05d8\u05d6) \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05e2\u05e9\u05d4 \u05d7\u05e6\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d2\u05d5\u05d9\u05dc \u05d5\u05d7\u05e6\u05d9\u05d5 \u05e7\u05dc\u05e4\u05d9\u05dd, \u05d0\u05d1\u05dc \u05e2\u05d5\u05e9\u05d4 \u05d7\u05e6\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d2\u05d5\u05d9\u05dc \u05d5\u05d7\u05e6\u05d9\u05d5 \u05e6\u05d1\u05d0\u05d9\u05dd, \u05d0\u05e3 \u05e2\u05dc \u05e4\u05d9 \u05e9\u05d0\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05de\u05df \u05d4\u05de\u05d5\u05d1\u05d7\u05e8. He shouldn\u2019t do half of it on gevil [=a thicker type of cow parchment, more like leather] and half on klaf [a thinner type of parchment made by splitting a cow skin laterally]. 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