Quoting%20commentary for Menachot 69:12

לימא מסייע ליה העושה תפילתו עגולה סכנה ואין בה מצוה אמר רב פפא מתני' דעבידא כי אמגוזא

said, [This refers to] the stitching<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The stitching of the underside to the box (v. supra p. 218, n. 6) must be done very carefully so that the box should remain a perfect square; ihkhp, thus the stitches should not be pulled too much for fear that the leather will become creased and so lose its correct shape. V. Tosaf. s.v. irp,c and also Tosaf. Meg. 24b, s.v.');">¹⁴</span> and the diagonal.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., it must be an exact square so that the diagonal should be one and two-fifths times the length of the side.');">¹⁵</span> Shall we say that the following [Mishnah] supports this view?

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