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had the leg of the letter heh in the term: “The nation [ha’am]” (Exodus 13:3), written in his tefillin, severed by a perforation. He came before his son-in-law R' Abba to clarify the halakha. R' Abba said to him: If there remains in the leg that is attached to the roof of the letter the equivalent o
The Talmud relates: Rami bar Tamrei, who was the father-in-law of Rami bar Dikkulei, had the leg of the letter vav in the term: “And YHWH slew [vayaharog] all the firstborn” (Exodus 13:15), written in his tefillin, severed by a perforation. He came before R' Zeira to clarify the halakha. R' Zeira s
§ Rav Yehuda says that Rav says: When Moses ascended on High, he found God sitting and tying crowns on the letters of the Torah. Moses said before God: God! who is preventing You from giving the Torah without these additions? God said to him: There is a man who is destined to be born after several g
Moses said before God: God! show him to me. God said to him: Return behind you. Moses went and sat at the end of the 8th row in R' Akiva’s study hall and did not understand what they were saying. Moses’ strength waned, as he thought his Torah knowledge was deficient. When R' Akiva arrived at the
Moses returned and came before God, and said before Him: God! You have a man as great as this and yet You still choose to give the Torah through me. Why? God said to him: Be silent; this intention arose before Me. Moses said before God: God! You have shown me R' Akiva’s Torah, now show me his re