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that was written together with the rest of the Writings. Rav Yehuda said to him: The rabbis have said: If one reads from a Megilla that was written together with the rest of the Writings he has not fulfilled his obligation.
R' Ḥiyya bar Abba said that R' Yoḥanan said: If one reads from a Megilla that was written together with the rest of the Writings he has not fulfilled his obligation. But they hit this halakha on its head, i.e., immediately after reporting this ruling they added a qualification that removed much of
R' Ḥiyya bar Abba also said that R' Yoḥanan said: The halakha of leaving a space without stitches, i.e., that the parchment sheets of a Torah scroll must not be sewn all the way to the edge, but rather a small margin must be left at the top and at the bottom, is a halakha transmitted to Moses from
And R' Ḥiyya bar Abba also said that R' Yoḥanan said: Had there been left open a crack so much as the size of small sewing needle in the cave in which Moses and Elijah stood when God’s glory was revealed to them, as it is written: “And it shall come to pass, while My glory passes by, that I will put
And R' Ḥiyya bar Abba further said that R' Yoḥanan said: What is the meaning of that which is written: “And YHWH delivered to me two tablets of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words which YHWH spoke with you in the mountain” (Deuteronomy 9:10)? Thi