Poetic spacing templates — ר0–ר4

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These templates control line placement and indentation in poetic verses.

Template Purpose
ר1 Following stich on its own line, one indent. In 2 cases (Ps 70, 108) represents a closed parashah.
ר2 Following stich on its own line, two indents.
ר3 Following stich at line start, no indent.
ר4 New verse at line start, no indent.
ר0 Extra division point when a verse has an odd number of stiches, for even-column display.

Many editions will choose to skip poetic formatting by treating ר0–ר4 as simple word spaces.