## Menachot Daf 32b

###### Menachot 32b:1
[Menachot 32b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/32b:1)

דְּכַתְבִינְהוּ אַדּוּכְסוּסְטוֹס בִּמְקוֹם בָּשָׂר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
case is **where one wrote them on *dokhsostos* on the side** that faced the **flesh.** In both of these situations the phylacteries are unfit, but a *mezuza* that one wrote on parchment is fit.


###### Menachot 32b:2
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וְאִיבָּעֵית אֵימָא: שִׁינָּה בָּזֶה וּבָזֶה תַּנָּאֵי הִיא, דְּתַנְיָא: שִׁינָּה בָּזֶה וּבָזֶה – פָּסוּל, רַבִּי [אַחָא מַכְשִׁיר מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי] אַחַאי בְּרַבִּי חֲנִינָא, וְאָמְרִי לַהּ מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא בְּרַבִּי חֲנִינָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And if you wish, say** instead that the ruling of the *baraita* that if one **changed whether in this** manner **or in that** manner it is unfit is in fact referring to a *mezuza* that one wrote on parchment, and this **is** a dispute between ***tanna’im*, as it is taught** in a *baraita*: If one **changed in this** manner **or in that** manner it is **unfit. Rabbi Aḥa, in the name of Rabbi Aḥai, son of Rabbi Ḥanina, deems** it **fit; and some say** he said this ruling **in the name of Rabbi Akiva, son of Rabbi Ḥanina.**


###### Menachot 32b:3
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הָא מוֹרִידִין עוֹשִׂין – וְהָא בָּעֲיָא שִׂרְטוּט, דְּאָמַר רַב מִנְיוֹמֵי בַּר חִלְקִיָּה, אָמַר רַב חָמָא בַּר גּוּרְיָא אָמַר רַב: כׇּל מְזוּזָה שֶׁאֵינָהּ מְשׂוּרְטֶטֶת פְּסוּלָה, וְרַב מִנְיָמִין בַּר חִלְקִיָּה דִּידֵיהּ אָמַר: שִׂרְטוּט שֶׁל מְזוּזָה הֲלָכָה לְמֹשֶׁה מִסִּינַי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The *baraita* indicates **that** if it were permitted to **reduce** the sanctity of an item from a level of greater sanctity to a level of lesser sanctity, one could **make** a *mezuza* from phylacteries that became worn. The Gemara raises a difficulty: **But** a *mezuza* **requires scoring,** i.e., the parchment must have lines etched in it before writing, **as Rav Minyumi bar Ḥilkiya says** that **Rav Ḥama bar Gurya says** that **Rav says: Any *mezuza* that is not scored** is **unfit, and Rav Minyumi bar Ḥilkiya himself says** concerning this: **The scoring of a *mezuza*** is **a *halakha*** transmitted **to Moses from Sinai.** With regard to phylacteries, by contrast, he does not teach that their parchment requires scoring.


###### Menachot 32b:4
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תַּנָּאֵי הִיא, דְּתַנְיָא: רַבִּי יִרְמְיָה אוֹמֵר מִשּׁוּם רַבֵּינוּ: תְּפִילִּין וּמְזוּזוֹת נִכְתָּבוֹת שֶׁלֹּא מִן הַכְּתָב, וְאֵין צְרִיכוֹת שִׂירְטוּט.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers that this **is** a dispute between ***tanna’im*, as it is taught** in a *baraita* that **Rabbi Yirmeya says in the name of our teacher,** Rav: **Phylacteries and *mezuzot* may be written** when the scribe is **not** copying **from a written** text, **and** their parchment **does not require scoring.**


###### Menachot 32b:5
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וְהִילְכְתָא: תְּפִילִּין לָא בָּעֵי שִׂרְטוּט, וּמְזוּזָה בָּעֲיָא שִׂירְטוּט, וְאִידֵּי וְאִידֵּי נִכְתָּבוֹת שֶׁלֹּא מִן הַכְּתָב. מַאי טַעְמָא? מִיגְרָס גְּרִיסִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara concludes: **And the *halakha*** is that the parchment of **phylacteries does not require scoring, but** the parchment of **a *mezuza* requires scoring. And** unlike a Torah scroll, both **these and those,** phylacteries and *mezuzot*, **may be written** when the scribe is **not** copying **from a written** text. **What is the reason** for this leniency? These short texts **are well known** to all scribes, and therefore it is permitted to write them by heart.


###### Menachot 32b:6
[Menachot 32b:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/32b:6)

אָמַר רַב חֶלְבּוֹ: אֲנָא חֲזֵיתֵיהּ לְרַב הוּנָא, דַּהֲוָה יָתֵיב אַפּוּרְיָא דְּסֵפֶר תּוֹרָה עֲלֵיהּ, וְכַף לְכַדָּא אַאַרְעָא, וְאַנַּח עֲלֵיהּ סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה, וַהֲדַר יְתֵיב בְּמִיטָּה. קָסָבַר: אָסוּר לֵישֵׁב עַל גַּבֵּי מִיטָּה שֶׁסֵּפֶר תּוֹרָה מוּנָּח עָלֶיהָ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
In connection to Rav Ḥelbo relating the customs of Rav Huna, the Gemara cites that **Rav Ḥelbo says: I** myself **saw Rav Huna as** he wished **to sit on his bed, which had a Torah scroll** placed **on it. And he overturned a jug on the ground and placed the Torah scroll on it, and** only **then sat on the bed.** The reason he did so is that **he holds** that it is **prohibited to sit on a bed upon which a Torah scroll is placed.**


###### Menachot 32b:7
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וּפְלִיגָא דְּרַבָּה בַּר בַּר חָנָה, דְּאָמַר רַבָּה בַּר בַּר חָנָה אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: מוּתָּר לֵישֵׁב עַל גַּבֵּי מִיטָּה שֶׁסֵּפֶר תּוֹרָה מוּנָּח עָלֶיהָ. וְאִם לְחָשְׁךָ אָדָם לוֹמַר: מַעֲשֶׂה בְּרַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר שֶׁהָיָה יוֹשֵׁב עַל הַמִּיטָּה וְנִזְכַּר שֶׁסֵּפֶר תּוֹרָה מוּנָּח עָלֶיהָ, וְנִשְׁמַט וְיָשַׁב עַל גַּבֵּי קַרְקַע, וְדוֹמֶה כְּמִי שֶׁהִכִּישׁוֹ נָחָשׁ – הָתָם סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה עַל גַּבֵּי קַרְקַע הֲוָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara notes: **And** this *halakha* **disagrees** with a ruling **of Rabba bar bar Ḥana, as Rabba bar bar Ḥana says** that **Rabbi Yoḥanan says: It is permitted to sit on a bed upon which a Torah scroll is placed. And if a person whispers to you, saying:** There was **an incident involving Rabbi Elazar, who was sitting on a bed and realized that a Torah scroll was placed on it, and** he immediately **slipped off** the bed **and sat upon the ground, and** in doing so he looked **like one who had been bitten by a snake,** i.e., he jumped up in a panic, that incident is no proof. **There,** the **Torah scroll was** placed **on the ground.** It is certainly disgraceful for one to sit on a bed while a Torah scroll is on the ground.


###### Menachot 32b:8
[Menachot 32b:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/32b:8)

אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה, אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: כְּתָבָהּ אִגֶּרֶת – פְּסוּלָה. מַאי טַעְמָא? אָתְיָא ״כְּתִיבָה״ ״כְּתִיבָה״ מִסֵּפֶר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara returns to the discussion about the *halakhot* of writing a *mezuza*. **Rav Yehuda says** that **Shmuel says:** If one **wrote** a *mezuza* in the manner of **a missive** that one composes to a friend, i.e., without being exact about the lettering of each word, it is **unfit. What is the reason?** This is **derived** by a verbal analogy between **“writing,”** and **“writing,” from a scroll,** which must be written in precisely the correct manner.


###### Menachot 32b:9
[Menachot 32b:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/32b:9)

וְאָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה, אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: תְּלָאָהּ בְּמַקֵּל – פְּסוּלָה. מַאי טַעְמָא? ״בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ״ בָּעֵינַן. תַּנְיָא נָמֵי הָכִי: תְּלָאָהּ בְּמַקֵּל, אוֹ שֶׁהִנִּיחָהּ אַחַר הַדֶּלֶת – סַכָּנָה וְאֵין בָּהּ מִצְוָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rav Yehuda says** that **Shmuel says:** If **one hung** a *mezuza* **on a stick** in the entranceway, without affixing it to the doorpost, it is **unfit. What is the reason? We require** the fulfillment of the verse: “And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house, and **upon your gates”** (Deuteronomy 6:9). **This** ruling **is also taught** in a *baraita*: If **one hung** a *mezuza* **on a stick, or placed it** so that it was affixed **behind the door** within the house, he exposes himself to **danger, and it** does **not** enable him to fulfill the **mitzva.**


###### Menachot 32b:10
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שֶׁל בֵּית מוֹנְבַּז הַמֶּלֶךְ הָיוּ עוֹשִׂין בְּפוּנְדְּקוֹתֵיהֶן כֵּן, זֵכֶר לִמְזוּזָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara relates: The members **of the household of King Munbaz would do so,** i.e., hang *mezuzot* on sticks, **in their inns,** i.e., when they would sleep in an inn. They would not do this in order to fulfill the mitzva, as one who sleeps in an inn is exempt from placing a *mezuza*, but **in remembrance of** the ***mezuza*.** Since they would travel frequently, they wanted to remember the mitzva of *mezuza*, which they did not fulfill often.


###### Menachot 32b:11
[Menachot 32b:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Menachot/r/32b:11)

וְאָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה, אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: מִצְוָה לְהַנִּיחָהּ בְּתוֹךְ חֲלָלוֹ שֶׁל פֶּתַח. פְּשִׁיטָא, ״בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ״ אָמַר רַחֲמָנָא! סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ אָמֵינָא, הוֹאִיל וְאָמַר רָבָא: מִצְוָה לְהַנִּיחָהּ

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rav Yehuda says** that **Shmuel says:** It is **a mitzva to place** the *mezuza* **within the airspace of the entrance,** not on the outside. The Gemara asks: Isn’t this **obvious?** After all, **the Merciful One states:** “And **upon your gates,”** which indicates that it must be within the area of the gate, rather than the outside. The Gemara explains that it might **enter your mind to say** that **since Rava says:** It is **a mitzva to place** the *mezuza*