Jewish%20thought for Menachot 58:15

ותניא תיובתיה שלש יתקן ארבע יגנז תנא אם יש בו דף אחת שלימה מצלת על כולו: א"ר יצחק בר שמואל בר מרתא משמיה דרב והוא דכתיב רוביה דספרא שפיר

And why is its head bent low? - Because the righteous men therein hang their heads low, for the good deeds of one are not like [the good deeds of] the other.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that each feels a certain sense of shame in the presence of the other.');">²³</span> R'Joseph said, Rab gave two rulings in connection with scrolls [of the Law] but to each there is a refutation. The first is this: Rab said, If a scroll of the Law has two mistakes in every column it may be corrected, but if three, it must be hidden away.

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