יב תנו רבנן הרוצה לדבק תורה נביאים וכתובים כאחד מדבק ועושה בראשו כדי לגול עמוד ובסופו כדי לגול היקף ומסיים מלמטה ומתחיל מלמעלה
12 — He replied: I don't know of it; meaning, I don't hold with it. How could he say this, seeing that Raba b. Hinnena and R. Dimi b. Hinnena were left by their father two bond-women, one of whom knew how to bake and cook and the other to spin and weave, and they came before Raba<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To decide whether one could force the other to divide them, the one who received the more valuable one giving compensation. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> and he said to them: A partner has no right to say, 'You name a price or let me name a price?' — The case is different there because each of them wanted both the women. So when one said, 'You take one and I will take one', this was not the same as, 'You name a price or let me name a price.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which properly means, 'You buy my portion from me or let me buy yours from you.' ');"><sup>13</sup></span> But what of a copy of the Scriptures in two scrolls, where both are required<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One being deficient without the other. ');"><sup>14</sup></span> and yet Samuel said: The rule that they must not be divided applies only where there is one scroll, but if there are two, they may be divided? — This has been explained by R. Shalman to refer to the case where both consent.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which shows that the principle, 'You name' etc., extends even to such cases. ');"><sup>15</sup></span> Our Rabbis taught: It is permissible to fasten the Torah,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Pentateuch. ');"><sup>16</sup></span> the prophets, and the Hagiographa together. This is the opinion of R. Meir. R. Judah, however, says that the Torah, the prophets, and the Hagiographa should each be in a separate scroll; while the Sages say that each book should be separate. Rab Judah said: it is related that Boethus b. Zonin had the eight prophets<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to the Rabbinical classification, these are Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and the twelve Minor Prophets. ');"><sup>17</sup></span> fastened together at the suggestion of R. Eleazar b. Azariah. Others, however, report that he had them each one separate. Rabbi said: On one occasion a copy of the Torah, the prophets, and the Hagiographa all bound up together was brought before us, and we declared them fit and proper. Between each book of the Torah there should be left a space of four lines, and so between one Prophet and the next. In the twelve Minor Prophets, however, the space should only be three lines.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since all these only form one book. ');"><sup>18</sup></span> If, however, the scribe finishes one book at the bottom [of a column], he should commence the next at the top [of the next].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And there is no need to leave a space of four lines. ');"><sup>19</sup></span> Our Rabbis taught: If a man desires to fasten the Torah, the Prophets and the Hagiographa together, he may do so. At the beginning he should leave an empty space sufficient for winding round the cylinder, and at the end an empty space sufficient for winding round the whole circumference [of the scroll].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When it is rolled up. ');"><sup>20</sup></span> If he finishes a section at the bottom [of one column], he commences the next at the top [of the next],