Genesis Apocryphon Scroll

Abaye said to R. Joseph: That [statement] of R. Judah is [actually the opinion] of Samuel, [his teacher,] as we learned [in the Mishnah]: But [in the case of] sacred writings, [i.e., a scroll of any…

The people of the Galilee sent [a question] to R. Ḥelbo: What is [the halakhah with regard] to reading from ḥumashim, [i.e., scrolls containing only one of the five books of the Torah,] in the…

It was stated: Rabban Simeon ben Gamaliel says: Even Torah scrolls they only permitted to be written in Greek [and not in other languages]. They investigated and found that the Torah may be correctly…

[It was related that] R. Ḥisda [once] found R. Ḥananel writing [Torah] scrolls, [but he was] not [copying them] from a written text, [as he knew it all by heart]. He said to him: It is fitting [for]…

And inscribe them [ketavtam] (Deuteronomy 6:9)—with perfectly formed letters [ktav shalem]. On this basis they taught: If the copyist of a Torah-scroll wrote alephs as ayins or ayins as alephs; or bet…

[Similarly, one should not write] bent [letters like kaf and nun found in the middle of a word as] straight [letters like kaf and nun found at the end of a word, nor should one write] straight…