Responsa for Shabbat 150:9

אמר רבי יוסי בר חנינא האי דלא כר"ש דאי כר"ש האמר לא אמרו כל השיעורין הללו אלא למצניעיהן:

WRITING TWO LETTERS. Our Rabbis taught: If one writes one large letter in the place of which there is room for writing two, he is not culpable. If he erases one large letter and there is room in its place for writing two, he is culpable. Said R. Menahem son of R. Jose: And this is the greater stringency of erasing over writing. BUILDING, PULLING DOWN, EXTINGUISHING, KINDLING, AND STRIKING WITH A HAMMER. Rabbah and R. Zera both say: Whatever comprises the finishing of the work imposes liability on the score of striking with a hammer.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. p. 354 n. 7. ');">¹⁵</span>

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