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because he does not learn anything from the letter vav. Rather, what is God saying in the Torah with the phrase “and your judges”? He is referring to the distinguished that are among your judges. The Talmud raises an objection: However, if that is so, if every plural form in the verse adds anothe
The Talmud responds: He requires that verse: “And they shall go out…and they shall measure,” for that which is taught in a baraita: “And they shall go out,” serves to emphasize that they themselves go out, and not their agents, i.e., they may not appoint an agent to measure the distance but must d
§ The Talmud comments: The Mishnah is not in accordance with the opinion of R' Eliezer ben Ya’akov, as it is taught in a baraita: R' Eliezer ben Ya’akov says: “Your Elders,” this is the Sanhedrin; “your judges,” this is the king and the High Priest. According to R' Eliezer ben Ya’akov, the king and
A dilemma was raised before the rabbis: Is it so that R' Eliezer ben Ya’akov disagrees only with regard to a king and a High Priest, contending that they too must be present at the measurement, but that with regard to the Sanhedrin he holds either in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda that 5
Rav Yosef said: Come and hear a proof from a baraita: If a rebellious Elder found the Sanhedrin not in the Hewn Chamber, which was their usual place, but in Beit Pagei, near Jerusalem, and he rebelled against them there, by teaching in opposition to their ruling, one might have thought his rebellio