Suspended Text (Teliyah) in Tefillin Writing

Date: 11 Teves 5576

From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer

To: Rabbi Yechezkel Segal

Description

The question concerns whether text written between the lines (teliyah) invalidates Tefillin and Mezuzos, and the underlying dispute between the Sefer HaTerumah and the Ran about why. The Chasam Sofer permits suspension in Rabbeinu Tam's Tefillin, since their parshiyos arrangement already places text out of physical order, but declines to permit it for Rashi's Tefillin.

Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer OC §8

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