Commentary for Sotah 34:6

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it is invalid; for it is written: And he shall write these curses<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. V, 23. ');">¹⁰</span> — just as they are written [in the Scriptural text]. If he wrote it before she took the oath upon herself, it is invalid; as it is said: He shall cause her to swear and after that, He shall write.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 19 and 23. ');">¹¹</span> If he wrote it in the form of a letter,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., without first tracing lines to secure evenness of script, as is required with a scroll of the Law, v. Git. (Sonc. ed.) p. 20, n. 3. ');">¹²</span> it is invalid — 'in a book' said the All-merciful.

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