Responsa for Megillah 37:20
וא"ר חלבו אמר רב חמא בר גוריא אמר רב מגילה נקראת ספר ונקראת אגרת נקראת ספר שאם תפרה בחוטי פשתן פסולה ונקראת אגרת שאם הטיל בה שלשה חוטי גידין כשרה אמר רב נחמן ובלבד שיהו משולשין
Hama b. Guria said in the name of Rav: The Megillah is called “book” and it is also called “letter.” It is called “book” to show that if it is stitched with threads of flax, it is invalid; and it is called “letter” to show that if it is stitched with three threads of sinew, it is valid. R. Nahman said: This is only on condition that they are evenly spaced.
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. Does the law requiring a blank space the width of a column at the end of the Scroll of the Law, apply to the Scroll of Esther?
A. The Scroll of Esther is called a book and, also, a letter. Therefore, all the laws governing the writing of books apply also to the Scroll of Esther. However, since it is also called a letter, only three (Tashbetz: ten) of its seams are required to be sewed with dried tendons, the others may be sewed with threads of flax.
SOURCES: L. 183; Tashbetz 180; cf. Pr. 351; Kol Bo 45.
A. The Scroll of Esther is called a book and, also, a letter. Therefore, all the laws governing the writing of books apply also to the Scroll of Esther. However, since it is also called a letter, only three (Tashbetz: ten) of its seams are required to be sewed with dried tendons, the others may be sewed with threads of flax.
SOURCES: L. 183; Tashbetz 180; cf. Pr. 351; Kol Bo 45.
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Teshuvot Maharam
Q. What rules govern the writing of the Scroll of Esther?
A. All the rules and laws that govern the writing of the Scroll of the Law, apply also to the writing of the Scroll of Esther.
This Responsum is addressed to R. Shneor.
SOURCES: Cr. 66; Pr. 351; cf. L. 183; Isserlein, Pesakim 23.
A. All the rules and laws that govern the writing of the Scroll of the Law, apply also to the writing of the Scroll of Esther.
This Responsum is addressed to R. Shneor.
SOURCES: Cr. 66; Pr. 351; cf. L. 183; Isserlein, Pesakim 23.
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