Quotation for Menachot 62:2
אמר רב זעירא אמר רב חננאל אמר רב קרע הבא בשני שיטין יתפור בשלש אל יתפור א"ל רבה זוטי לרב אשי הכי אמר רבי ירמיה מדיפתי משמיה דרבא הא דאמרינן בשלש אל יתפור לא אמרן אלא בעתיקתא אבל חדתתא לית לן בה
R'Ze'ira said in the name of R'Hananel who said it in the name of Rab, If a rent [in a scroll of the Law] extended into two lines [of the script] it may be sown together; but if into three lines it may not be sewn together.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But the whole sheet of parchment must be removed.');"><sup>1</sup></span> Rabbah the younger said to R'Ashi, Thus said R'Jeremiah of Difti in the name of Raba: The rule that we have laid down, namely, that if it extended into three lines it may not be sewn together, applies only to old scrolls; but in the case of new scrolls it would not matter.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And no matter how far the rent extended, it may be sewn together again.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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