Responsa for Menachot 62:4
בעי רב יהודה בר אבא בין דף לדף בין שיטה לשיטה מאי תיקו
It is [permitted to sew it] only with sinews but not with thread. R'Judah B'Abba raised the question: How is it if [the rent extended] between the columns<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., to such an extent that had it been in a column it would have gone beyond three lines of script. The question is whether it may be sewn together or not.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A Scroll of the Law was torn, the tear traversing three written lines. The torn parts were glued together. Is this sufficient?
A. Gluing torn parts of a Scroll of the law, is not sufficient, for in handling the Scroll the glued parts may come apart again. Therefore, the entire sheet must be replaced.
This Responsum was addressed to Rabbi Asher b. Yehiel.
SOURCES: Am I, 96; Asheri, Sefer Torah 14.
A. Gluing torn parts of a Scroll of the law, is not sufficient, for in handling the Scroll the glued parts may come apart again. Therefore, the entire sheet must be replaced.
This Responsum was addressed to Rabbi Asher b. Yehiel.
SOURCES: Am I, 96; Asheri, Sefer Torah 14.
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