## Sotah Daf 17b

###### Sotah 17b:1
[Sotah 17b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sotah/r/17b:1)

הַדִּיפְתְּרָא, אֶלָּא עַל הַמְּגִילָּה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״בַּסֵּפֶר״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
***diftera*,** a hide that is only partially processed, as it is salted and treated with flour but not gallnuts; **rather,** it must be written only **on a scroll** of parchment, **as** it **is stated:** “And the priest shall write these curses **in a scroll”** (Numbers 5:23).


###### Sotah 17b:2
[Sotah 17b:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sotah/r/17b:2)

וְאֵינוֹ כּוֹתֵב לֹא בְּקוֹמוֹס וְלֹא בְּקַנְקַנְתּוֹם, וְלֹא בְּכׇל דָּבָר שֶׁרוֹשֵׁם, אֶלָּא בִּדְיוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וּמָחָה״, כְּתָב שֶׁיָּכוֹל לִמָּחוֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** the scribe **may not write with gum [*komos*], and not with iron sulfate [*kankantom*], nor with any substance that makes a mark** and cannot be completely erased, **but** only **with ink** made from soot, **as it is stated** in the continuation of the same verse: **“And he shall blot** them out into the water of bitterness” (Numbers 5:23). This indicates that the scroll must be written with **a writing that can be erased** in water.


###### Sotah 17b:3
[Sotah 17b:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sotah/r/17b:3)

**גְּמָ׳** אָמַר רָבָא: מְגִילַּת סוֹטָה שֶׁכְּתָבָהּ בַּלַּיְלָה — פְּסוּלָה. מַאי טַעְמָא — אָתְיָא ״תּוֹרָה״ ״תּוֹרָה״. כְּתִיב הָכָא: ״וְעָשָׂה לָהּ הַכֹּהֵן אֵת כׇּל הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת״, וּכְתִיב הָתָם: ״עַל פִּי הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר יוֹרוּךָ וְעַל הַמִּשְׁפָּט״, מָה מִשְׁפָּט בַּיּוֹם — אַף מְגִילַּת סוֹטָה בַּיּוֹם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** **Rava says: A scroll of a *sota* that one wrote at night is unfit. What is the reason** for this? It is **derived** by verbal analogy between one instance of the word **“law”** and another instance of the word **“law.” It is written here,** with regard to a *sota*: **“And the priest shall execute upon her all this law”** (Numbers 5:30), **and it is written there,** with regard to judgment: **“According to the law, which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment,** which they shall tell you” (Deuteronomy 17:11). **Just as judgment** may be done only **by day, so too the scroll of a *sota*** may be written only **by day.**


###### Sotah 17b:4
[Sotah 17b:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sotah/r/17b:4)

כְּתָבָהּ לְמַפְרֵעַ — פְּסוּלָה, דִּכְתִיב: ״וְכָתַב אֶת הָאָלוֹת הָאֵלֶּה״, כִּי דִּכְתִיבָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**If one wrote** the scroll **out of sequence, it is unfit, as it is written: “And** the priest **shall write these curses** in a scroll” (Numbers 5:23). They must be written in the scroll just **as they are written** in the Torah.


###### Sotah 17b:5
[Sotah 17b:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sotah/r/17b:5)

כְּתָבָהּ קוֹדֶם שֶׁתְּקַבֵּל עָלֶיהָ שְׁבוּעָה — פְּסוּלָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְהִשְׁבִּיעַ״, וְאַחַר כָּךְ ״וְכָתַב״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**If one wrote** the scroll **before** the *sota* **accepted the oath upon herself,** the scroll **is unfit, as it is stated: “Then** the priest **shall cause** the woman **to swear** with the oath of cursing” (Numbers 5:21), **and afterward** it states: **“And** the priest **shall write** these curses in a scroll” (Numbers 5:23).


###### Sotah 17b:6
[Sotah 17b:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sotah/r/17b:6)

כְּתָבָהּ אִיגֶּרֶת — פְּסוּלָה. ״בַּסֵּפֶר״ אָמַר רַחֲמָנָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**If one wrote** the scroll **as a letter,** i.e., without first scoring the lines onto the parchment, **it is unfit,** as **the Merciful One states** in the Torah: **“In a scroll,”** indicating that it must be written like a Torah scroll, in which the parchment must be scored.