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that this is not its place, as the previous portion does not discuss the nation’s travels. R' Yehuda HaNasi says: It is not for that reason that signs were inserted. Rather, the signs are there because this portion is considered a book unto itself.
The Talmud asks: According to whose opinion is that which R' Shmuel bar Naḥman said that R' Yonatan said, that with regard to the verse: “With wisdom she built her house, she carved its 7 pillars” (Proverbs 9:1), these are the 7 books of the Torah? According to whose opinion? It is according to the
Who is the tanna who disagrees with R' Yehuda HaNasi? It is Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel. As it was taught in a baraita that Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: In the future, this portion will be uprooted from here, where it appears, and will be written in its proper place. And why was it written here,
A dilemma was raised before the rabbis: With regard to the blank folios of parchment of a Torah scroll, does one rescue them from the fire on Shabbat, or does one not rescue them from the fire? Come and hear a resolution to this from that which we learned: With regard to a Torah scroll that is worn
Come and hear a different resolution from that which was taught in another baraita: With regard to a Torah scroll that was erased, if there is enough in it to compile 85 complete letters as in the portion of: “And when the Ark traveled,” one rescues it from the fire, and if not, one does not rescue