Halakhah for Menachot 59:16
ובין שיטה לשיטה כמלא שיטה ובין תיבה לתיבה כמלא אות קטנה ובין אות לאות כמלא חוט השערה
.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A mnemonic made up of the characteristic Hebrew letters of the rules which follow.');"><sup>13</sup></span> Our Rabbis taught: A man should use sheets [of parchment] which contain from three to eight columns; he should not use one which contains less columns or more.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As each sheet was sewn to the others it is advisable for the sake of utility not to have the seams too near or too far apart from each other.');"><sup>14</sup></span>
Keset HaSofer
Even if one is transcribing from a copy, he must also speak each word out loud before he writes it, in order that he not err (Rashi and Tosafot, Menahot 30), and also in order that the holiness of the breath of reading of each and every word which comes from his mouth is drawn over the words (Ba”h). Only words of admonition need not be spoken aloud (Tosafot, Mordechai).
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