Shulchan Arukh Orach Chayim · Siman 35
Shulchan Arukh Orach Chayim 35 — English translation
Translation: Sefaria Community Translation. Section numbers match the Hebrew text above.
- 1The practice in the count of the lines [marked on the parchment to guide the scribe] is to write on the hand tefillin parchment seven lines for each parasha. For the head tefillin [the practice] is to mark four lines. If one diverged from this practice he did not invalidate the tefillin.
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דין מנין השיטין. ובו סעיף אחד:
נהגו במנין השיטין לכתוב בשל יד שבעה שיטין בכל פרש' ובשל ראש ארבעה שיטין ואם שינה לא פסל:
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