Related%20passage for Menachot 63:4

אמר ליה אביי לרב יוסף ואת לא תסברא דכי אמר רב אריוח והא רב אית ליה מנהגא והאידנא נהוג עלמא בסתומות

Said Abaye to R'Joseph, And do you not hold that Rab's statement [of the halachah] referred to the leaving of the space [above and below]? But is it not the fact that Rab usually relies upon the practice of people, and the general practice is to leave [the space between] the sections closed?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Accordingly Rab would certainly not have ruled that the space between the sections must be left open which is contrary to the general practice. Hence his ruling could only refer to the space to be left above and below. vmhkj');">⁴</span>

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