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using the method of amplifications and restrictions.
Ameimar answers: Yes, generally R' Yehuda HaNasi expounds verses using the method of generalizations and details, but here, with regard to the redemption of the firstborn, this is the reason that he expounds the verses using the method of amplifications and restrictions: He holds in accordance with
As the school of R' Yishmael taught: When defining which fish it is permitted to eat, the verse states: “This you may eat, from whatever is in the water, anything that has fins and scales in the water, in the seas and in the streams” (Leviticus 11:9). The verse first states the general term: “In th
The Talmud asks: And the Rabbis, why do they expound the verse about the redemption of a firstborn as a generalization and a detail? Ravina said: Like they say in the West, Eretz Yisrael: Wherever you find two generalizations juxtaposed to each other, followed by a specific detail, place the deta
The Talmud concludes the question it asked earlier: Now that you said that R' Yehuda HaNasi expounds verses using the method of generalizations and details, perforce the Mishnah’s ruling in the case of oaths is difficult, as it is derived by expounding the verse as an amplification and a restrictio