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יורה דעה רפ״דYoreh De'ah 284

Siman 284 of 402 in Yoreh De'ah — 2 se'ifim

הלכות ספר תורהA Torah Scroll· siman 284

Se’if 1א׳

כָּל כִּתְבֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ אֵין כּוֹתְבִין בְּלֹא שִׂרְטוּט, אֲפִלּוּ כְּתוּבִים עַל הַנְּיָר.

All the Holy Writings — they do not write them without sirtut (ruled lines), even when they are written on paper.

Se’if 2ב׳

אָסוּר לִכְתֹּב ג' תֵּבוֹת מִפָּסוּק בְּלֹא שִׂרְטוּט, אִם הוּא כְּתַב אַשּׁוּרִית. וְאֵין חִלּוּק בֵּין כְּתִיבָה לַחֲקִיקָה בְּעֵצִים אוֹ בְּזָהָב (בֵּית יוֹסֵף בְּשֵׁם ר' יְרוּחָם נָתִיב ב') וּמִיהוֹ בְּאִגֶּרֶת שְׁלוֹמִים מֻתָּר לִכְתֹּב אֲפִלּוּ כַּמָּה תֵּבוֹת מֵהַפָּסוּק לִדְבַר צַחוּת. הַגָּה: וְאִם שִׂרְטֵט שִׁיטָה הַעֶלְיוֹנָה, שׁוּב לֹא צָרִיךְ (טוּר בְּשֵׁם רַבֵּנוּ תָּם). וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים דְּאֵין לִכְתֹּב דְּבָרִים שֶׁל חֹל בִּכְתַב אַשּׁוּרִית שֶׁכּוֹתְבִין בּוֹ הַתּוֹרָה (שָׁם בְּשֵׁם רַבֵּנוּ יְרוּחָם).

It is forbidden to write three words from a verse without scoring lines if it is written in Ashurit script (and there is no difference whether one writes or engraves—whether in wood or in gold )(Beit Yosef in the name of R. Yerucham, Netiv 2); however, in a letter of greeting it is permitted to write even several words from a verse for stylistic beauty. Rema: If one scored a line at the top, then there is no further need (Tur in the name of R. Tam). And there are those who say that one should not write mundane words in Ashurit script—the script used for writing the Torah (ibid. in the name of R. Yerucham).

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