Commentary for Bava Batra 336:4
ה"ד נקרע ה"ד נתקרע אמר רב יהודה נקרע קרע של בית דין נתקרע קרע שאינו של ב"ד
[of the letters] is distinguishable it is valid. How is one to understand 'intentionally torn' and how, 'torn accidentally'? Rab Judah said: 'Intentionally torn' [means] a tear made by a court of law; 'torn accidentally', a tear which [was] not made by a court of law. How is 'a tear made by a court of law' to be understood? — Rab Judah said: [If it was made at] the place of the witnesses, the place of the date and the place of the amount.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] The 'specific element' of a deed (opp. [H] 'formal element'). viz., date and amount. (Cf. supra p. 699. n. 9.) So called because by virtue of it the creditor may seize ([H]) even the sold lands of the creditor (R. Gersh.). [Krauss, op. cit. III, 352. Connects it with [H] 'exposed', 'blank', hence the blank part of the deed which has to be filled in.] ');"><sup>6</sup></span> Abaye said: [If it runs] lengthwise and crosswise.
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