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and managed to write two letters, he is liable. The Talmud asks: Didn’t we learn in the Mishnah that one is exempt in that case? The Talmud answers: This is not difficult: That case where we learned that he is exempt is referring to a case where the letters require crowns. This is referring to a ca
We learned in the Mishnah If one wrote one letter as an abbreviation [notarikon] representing an entire word, R' Yehoshua ben Beteira deems him liable to bring a sin-offering, and the Rabbis deem him exempt. R' Yoḥanan said in the name of R' Yosei ben Zimra: From where is it derived that the languag
R' Yoḥanan himself said that the word anokhi that begins the 10 Commandments is an abbreviation for: I myself wrote and gave [ana nafshi ketivat yehavit]. The Rabbis said it is an abbreviation for: A pleasant statement was written and given [amira ne’ima ketiva yehiva]. Some say the word anokhi can
The school of R' Natan said that there is another abbreviation in the Torah. In the verse: “And the angel of YHWH said to him: Why did you hit your donkey these 3 times? Behold I have come out as an adversary because your way is contrary [yarat] against me” (Numbers 22:32). Yarat is an abbreviation
Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said that there is another abbreviation in the Bible: “And Judah said: What can we say to my master, what can we speak, and how can we justify [nitztadak]” (Genesis 44:16), which stands for: We are honest [nekhonim], we are righteous [tzaddikim], we are pure [tehorim], we are