New answers tagged aleph-bet-letters
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I'm skipping the "halachically" part of the question, which others answered well, and just discussing whether they are two letters or one.
Yoma 75b "The word quail is written shlav, with the letter shin, but we read it as slav, with the letter samekh. What does this teach us?..." The gemara treats it as a kri/ksiv, as if the real letter ...
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Adam, many poskim (Rav Eliyashiv zt"l included) were machmir that if even an extract of a complete phrase, as long as it makes sense, is used, then that would indeed require geniza, even if the intention is for a 'chol' (non-sacred) use.
That includes divrei Chazal too, not just Tanach. The specific example addressed to Rav Eliyashiv zt"l was ...
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Shemos 16:16
זֶ֤ה הַדָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֣ה יְהֹוָ֔ה לִקְט֣וּ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ אִ֖ישׁ לְפִ֣י אָכְל֑וֹ עֹ֣מֶר לַגֻּלְגֹּ֗לֶת מִסְפַּר֙ נַפְשֹׁ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם אִ֛ישׁ לַֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּאָֽהֳל֖וֹ תִּקָּֽחוּ
Devarim 4:34
א֣וֹ | הֲנִסָּ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֗ים לָ֠ב֠וֹא לָקַ֨חַת ל֣וֹ גוֹי֘ מִקֶּ֣רֶב גּוֹי֒ בְּמַסֹּת֩ בְּאֹתֹ֨ת וּבְמֽוֹפְתִ֜ים וּבְמִלְחָמָ֗ה וּבְיָ֤ד חֲזָקָה֙ וּבִזְר֣וֹעַ ...
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