Commentary for Menachot 59:3

והא ס"ת קאמר בחומשין של ס"ת איני והא"ר יהושע בר אבא אמר רב גידל אמר רב לעיני כל ישראל באמצע הדף ההיא באמצע שיטה איתמר

But this cannot be so, for R'Joshua B'Abba cited R'Giddal who said it in the name of Rab, The words 'in the sight of all Israel'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' These are the last words of the Torah.');">²</span> are to be written in the middle of the column! - He means the middle of the line.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But at the end of the column. I.e., the last words in the last line of the column are written in the middle of the line.');">³</span>

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