Jewish%20thought for Shabbat 297:6

ולמ"ד שמא ימחוק ליחוש שמא יקרא וכ"ת טבלא ופינקס בשטרא לא מיחלף והתניא מונה אדם כמה מבפנים וכמה מבחוץ וכמה מנות עתיד להניח לפניהם מכתב שעל גבי הכותל אבל לא מכתב שעל גבי טבלא ופינקס

Now, according to him who says, 'Lest he read [etc.]', let us fear lest he erase? — Rather they differ where it is engraved on a tablet or a board: on the view that it is 'lest he erase', we have no fear; but on the view that it is 'lest he read', we do fear. But according to him who says, lest he erase, let us fear lest he read [etc.]? And should you answer, a tablet or a board cannot be confused with a document, — surely it was taught: A man may count how many shall be within and how many without<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., how many guests shall be placed at the top of the table — 'within' the privileged circle — and how many at the bottom — 'without'. ');">⁶</span>

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