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the broken pieces of the first set of tablets, which were placed in the Ark. Having cited the baraita, the Talmud now presents its objection to what was taught earlier with regard to the dimensions of a Torah scroll: And if it should enter your mind to say, as R' Yehuda HaNasi held, that the circum
Rav Aḥa bar Ya’akov said: The scroll of the Temple courtyard, which was kept in the Ark, was wound to its beginning, i.e., it had only a single pole, so that its circumference was only two handbreadths. The Talmud asks: But still, how does an item that is two handbreadths wide fit into a space tha
Having concluded its current discussion, the Talmud now addresses the details of the aforementioned baraita and asks: And according to R' Yehuda, who says that the Torah scroll rested on the chest that came from the Philistines, where was the Torah scroll placed before the chest arrived? The Talmu
The Talmud asks: And according to R' Meir, where were the silver columns placed? The Talmud answers: Outside the Ark. The Talmud further asks: And from where does R' Meir derive that the broken pieces of the first set of tablets were placed in the Ark, as the verse from which R' Yehuda learns this
The Talmud asks: And what does the other Sage, i.e., R' Yehuda, derive from this verse? The Talmud responds: He requires that text for that which R' Yoḥanan says, as R' Yoḥanan says that R' Shimon ben Yoḥai says: This teaches that the ineffable name of God and all of His appellations were placed in