Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 212:12

אמר רבא אכלה תומא ורקתה אכלה גרגישתא ורקתה לא עשתה ולא כלום מאי טעמא וירקה מעצמה בעינן וליכא ואמר רבא צריכי דייני למיחזי רוקא כי נפיק מפומא דיבמה דכתיב לעיני הזקנים וירקה:

Mar b. Idi<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Others, 'Mar b. R. Ashi'. V. Alfasi and Asheri. ');">⁴⁹</span> demurred: But, surely, [a section only of the Pentateuch] is not permitted to be written!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Pentateuch in its entirety only may be copied. Cf. Git. 60a. ');">⁵⁰</span> The law, however, is in agreement with the ruling of Mar Zutra.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The prohibition against copying a section of the Pentateuch being limited to one that is to be used for teaching purposes. One, however, that is to be used as a mere record, as in the case of the Halizah certificate, does not come under the prohibition. ');">⁵¹</span> Abaye stated: If, when she spat. the wind carried the spittle away,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'received', 'clutched', 'absorbed'. ');">⁵²</span> her act is invalid.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'she did not do anything'. ');">⁵³</span>

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