Talmud zu Jirmejahu 36:23
וַיְהִ֣י ׀ כִּקְר֣וֹא יְהוּדִ֗י שָׁלֹ֣שׁ דְּלָתוֹת֮ וְאַרְבָּעָה֒ יִֽקְרָעֶ֙הָ֙ בְּתַ֣עַר הַסֹּפֵ֔ר וְהַשְׁלֵ֕ךְ אֶל־הָאֵ֖שׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶל־הָאָ֑ח עַד־תֹּם֙ כָּל־הַמְּגִלָּ֔ה עַל־הָאֵ֖שׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־הָאָֽח׃
Und als Jehudi drei oder vier Kolumnen gelesen hatte, schnitt er es mit dem Taschenmesser und warf es in das Feuer im Kohlenbecken, bis die ganze Rolle im Feuer im Kohlenbecken verbraucht war.
Jerusalem Talmud Moed Katan
Because of burning Torah from where? It was when Yehudi read three or four stanzas315Jer. 36:23.. What means “three or four stanzas”? Three or four verses. When he came to the fifth verse316Thr. 1:5. Traditionally the scroll cut into pieces and burned by King Yehoyakim was a first version of Threni., for the Eternal afflicted her for the magnitude of her sins, immediately he cut it off with a scribe’s knife and threw it, etc. But they showed no fear nor tore their garments317Jer. 36:24. Since the ministers are chastised for not tearing their garments it follows that there was an obligation to do so. It also follows that “Torah” includes all of the Hebrew Scriptures..
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