May the blank margins of a sefer (top, bottom, between sections) be saved from a fire?

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Synopsis

The Mechaber rules that blank margins and blank pages (top, bottom, between sections, between pages, at the beginning and end of books) are not saved from a fire.

Early Acharonim
Lenient
Strict
Lesser cited
Major authority

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