Kommentar zu Sotah 2:4
אֵינוֹ כוֹתֵב לֹא עַל הַלּוּחַ וְלֹא עַל הַנְּיָר וְלֹא עַל הַדִּפְתְּרָא, אֶלָּא עַל הַמְּגִלָּה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שם) בַּסֵּפֶר. וְאֵינוֹ כוֹתֵב לֹא בְקוֹמוֹס וְלֹא בְקַנְקַנְתּוֹם וְלֹא בְכָל דָּבָר שֶׁרוֹשֵׁם, אֶלָּא בִדְיוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שם) וּמָחָה, כְּתָב שֶׁיָּכוֹל לְהִמָּחֵק:
Er darf nicht auf die Tafel und nicht auf den Papyrus und nicht auf das [unverarbeitete] Tierfell schreiben, sondern auf die Schriftrolle, wie es heißt "in einem Buch" (Numeri 5:23). Und er darf nicht mit Gummi oder mit Vitriol oder mit irgendetwas schreiben, das einen Eindruck hinterlässt, sondern mit Tinte, wie es heißt: "und auslöschen" (Numeri 5:23), eine Schrift, die gelöscht werden kann.
Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah
לוח – of wood.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Sotah
Introduction
This mishnah teaches upon what material the priest writes the curses and with what type of ink.
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נייר – of grasses–herbs that they pound–crush them and make them like a kind of leather.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Sotah
He writes neither on a [wooden] tablet nor on papyrus nor on rough parchment but on a [parchment] scroll, as it is said, “In a scroll” (Numbers 5:23). The Torah states “sefer” which means a scroll made of parchment (animal hide). Hence other materials cannot be used.
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דפתרא – a hide which is not worked completely through which is prepared with salt and flour but not with gall-nut [juice].
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English Explanation of Mishnah Sotah
Nor does he write with a [preparation of] gum or sulphate of copper or with anything which makes an impression [on the parchment] but with ink, as it is said, “And he will blot it out” (ibid.) writing which is capable of being blotted out. The writing on the scroll will eventually be rubbed out into the water. Hence, he cannot use permanent types of ink, which can’t be rubbed out. He also cannot use something which scratches/indents the scroll for then even after being erased, the curses will be left on the scroll.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Sotah
בספר – on parchment.
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קומוס – resin of the tree which is melted in water.
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קנקנתום – IRMINT and in the foreign language “vitriol.”
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ולא בכל דבר שהוא רושם – and it is absorbed in the parchment and one cannot erase it for gum and vitriol make a lasting impression.
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