Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 68:4

ואם כתבן בעור אחד והניחן בד' בתים יצא וצריך שיהא ריוח ביניהן דברי רבי וחכ"א אינו צריך ושוין שנותן חוט או משיחה בין כל אחת ואחת ואם אין חריצן ניכר פסולות

So Rabbi; but the Sages say, This is not necessary. They agree, however, that between each there must be a line or a thread.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., although the Sages do not insist upon the leaving of a blank space between one portion and the other, they nevertheless concede to Rabbi that each portion must be separated and marked off from the others at least by a thread. Others explain: even when the four portions are in four separate compartments, each portion must be tied up with a thread. V. Sh. Mek. n. 4.');">⁸</span> And if the divisions [between the compartments] were not noticeable,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Although consisting of four compartments they were so firmly united that the divisions were no longer noticeable from the outside.');">⁹</span> they are invalid.

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