Quotation for Menachot 58:7

חטרי להו לגגיה דחי"ת כלומר חי הוא ברומו של עולם ותלו ליה לכרעיה דה"י כדבעא מיניה רבי יהודה נשיאה מר' אמי מאי דכתיב (ישעיהו כו, ד) בטחו ביי' עדי עד כי ביה יי' צור עולמים אמר ליה כל התולה בטחונו בהקב"ה הרי לו מחסה בעולם הזה ולעולם הבא

Raba said, There are seven letters which require each three strokes, and these are they: shin, 'ayin, teth, nun, zayin, gimmel, and zadde.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' . V. supra n. 2. There is diversity of opinion as to the proper placing of these strokes. V. Tosaf a.l. In the Scrolls of the Law used at a the present time in Ashkenazic communities the form of ornamentation is this, e.g., . hryj');">¹⁰</span> R'Ashi said, I have observed that scribes who are most particular add a vertical stroke to the roof of the letter heth,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Here, too, there are diverse opinions as to the form. The word which has been translated in the text, following Rashi, by 'add a vertical tryuj t,ryj stroke' from , 'a stick', may also mean 'make hump-like', from 'the camel's hump'. The form of this letter in Scrolls of the present j day is . hj');">¹¹</span> and suspend the [inner] leg of the letter he.

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