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the section dealing with priests who have become intoxicated with wine (Leviticus 10:8–11); the section of the lamps (Numbers 8:1–7); and the section of the red heifer (Numbers, chapter 19), as all of these sections are necessary for service in the Tabernacle.
§ The Talmud continues its discussion concerning the writing of the Torah: R' Elazar says: The majority of the Torah was transmitted in writing, while the minority was transmitted orally, as it is stated: “I wrote for him the greater part of My Torah; they were reckoned a strange thing” (Hosea 8:12)
The Talmud asks: And according to the other Sage, R' Yoḥanan, as well, isn’t it written: “I wrote for him the greater part of My Torah”? How does he understand this verse? The Talmud answers: This verse is not a statement, but rather a rhetorical question expressing bewilderment: For did I write f
The Talmud asks: And according to the other Sage, R' Elazar, as well, isn’t it written: “For on the basis of these matters I have made a covenant with you and with Israel”? How does he understand this verse? The Talmud answers: That verse, which indicates that the covenant was based on that which wa
R' Yehuda bar Naḥmani, the disseminator for R' Shimon ben Lakish, expounded as follows: It is written: “Write you these matters” (Exodus 34:27), and it is written later in that same verse: “For on the basis of [al pi] these matters.” How can these texts be reconciled? They mean to teach: Matters tha