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Quotation על ויקרא 19:2

Sefer HaMitzvot

That it is inappropriate to count commands that include the whole Torah.
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Havot Yair

Nonetheless, in my humble opinion, it seems that there is some basis for leniency regarding books printed [see above, §§16 and 109] by an idolatrous non-Jew who does not believe in the Creator of the world. It also stands to reason and is agreeable that the sanctity of a Torah scroll derives from the writing of a man in whom there is a soul of life, a piece of God above, by means of his intentions and his forming of the holy letters. All of Israel are presumed to cleave spiritually to our God, and because of this, holiness is drawn down into the Torah scroll, tefilin, mezuzot, books, and the sanctity of every sacred object. As Scripture states: “You shall be holy…” “and you shall be holy….” See Pardes Rimonim, in chapter 1 of Sha’ar Ha-shemot, p. 109b. If the books are in German, there is another basis for permitting; see Responsa Rema § 34 and what I wrote in responsum 106. Also see Responsa R. Menahem Azaryah §93, regarding a printed writ of divorce (get). But if mezuzot, tefilin, and Torah scrolls would be printed, no one would even consider that they would be valid. From all the aforementioned, it seems that one who has the power, and whose mind is good and sufficient to rule leniently (which I do not possess), may, in times of great duress, and when it is impossible to fulfill the Talmud’s law, may be lenient at the appointed time, on the night of her immersion, and on the day he leaves or returns from a trip.
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