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The Talmud further questions the number of Joshua’s stipulations: But when R' Avin came from Eretz Yisrael he said that R' Yoḥanan says: With regard to both a tree that leans into the field of another and a tree that is close to a boundary with another field, the owner of the tree brings the first
The Talmud answers: Rather, who is the one who taught the baraita that deals with the 10 conditions that Joshua stipulated? It is R' Yehoshua ben Levi, an amora. Therefore, R' Yoḥanan, another amora, can disagree with it. Rav Geviha from Bei Katil teaches this explicitly in his version of the barai
§ A baraita states that Ezra the Scribe instituted 10 ordinances: He instituted that communities read the Torah on Shabbat in the afternoon; and they also read the Torah on every Monday and Thursday; and the courts convene and judge every Monday and Thursday; and one does laundry on Thursday; and o
The Talmud analyzes these ordinances, the first of which is that communities shall read the Torah on Shabbat afternoon. This Talmud explains that this ordinance was instituted due to those who sit idly on street corners, who do not attend the synagogue during the week.
The Talmud discusses the second of Ezra’s ordinances: And that they should read the Torah on every Monday and Thursday. The Talmud asks: Did Ezra institute this practice? But it was instituted from the beginning, i.e., long before his time. As it is taught in a baraita with regard to the verse: “A