Commentary for Berakhot 45:16
אמר רבי מיאשא בריה דריב"ל הלכה גוללן כמין ספר ואוחזן בימינו כנגד לבו אמר רב יוסף בר מניומי אמר רב נחמן ובלבד שלא תהא רצועה יוצאת מתחת ידו טפח
R. Meyasha, the grandson of R. Joshua b. Levi, said : The Halakah is — One should roll them up like a book and hold them in his right hand opposite his heart. Rab Joseph b. Minyomi said in the name of Rab Nahman : This is so, provided that the strap does not protrude from beneath his hand a handbreadth.
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
This reading of M. (instead of "son" in edd.) is confirmed by fol. 24b, p. 161.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
M. : like a Scroll of the Law. In ancient times, books were in scroll form.
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