Quotation for Menachot 62:5
אמר ר' זעירי אמר רב חננאל אמר רב מזוזה שכתבה שתים שתים כשרה איבעיא להו שתים ושלש ואחת מהו אמר רב נחמן בר יצחק כל שכן שעשאה כשירה מיתיבי עשאה כשירה או שירה כמותה פסולה כי תניא ההיא בס"ת
or between one line and another? - This remains unanswered. R'Ze'iri said in the name of R'Hananel who cited it in the name of Rab, If a mezuzah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
Shut min haShamayim
Regarding our Torah scrolls. Even though Rabbeinu Yaakov of blessed memory permits processed parchment, even without the use of gall1cf. Tosafot on Menachot 31b:2, where this ruling is cited in the name of Rabbeinu Tam, there still remains a doubt. For when our parchment is processed, it is not done with the intention of becoming a Torah scroll, and I asked whether one can recite the blessing on reading from such scrolls that weren't processed with the correct intention, or not2See Tur Yoreh Deah 271 where both sides of this debate are presented in a gaonic responsum.
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