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Rather, he should write 3 letters in the column and two outside of the column. If he happens upon a word that comprises two letters and cannot be written in its entirety within the column, he may not cast it in the margin between the two columns; rather, he should return and write the word at the
§ One who mistakenly omitted the name of God and wrote the next word before discovering his error should scrape off that which he wrote, and suspend the words that he scraped off above the line, and write the name of God upon the place that had been scraped; this is the statement of R' Yehuda. R' Y
R' Shimon Shezuri says: A scribe may suspend the entire name of God above the line, but he may not suspend part of the name of God above the line. R' Shimon ben Elazar says in the name of R' Meir: A scribe may not write the name of God either upon the place that had been scraped or upon the place
It was stated that the amora’im disagreed with regard to the final halakhic ruling: Rav Ḥananel says that Rav says: The halakha is that one suspends the name of God above the line. Rabba bar bar Ḥana says that R' Yitzḥak bar Shmuel says: The halakha is that one may even wipe away the word while the
The Talmud asks: And why is it necessary to state the actual opinions? Let this Sage, Rav Ḥananel in the name of Rav, say that the halakha is in accordance with the opinion of this Sage, R' Yosei; and let this Sage, Rabba bar bar Ḥana in the name of R' Yitzḥak bar Shmuel, say that the halakha is