Talmud zu Wajikra 16:7
וְלָקַ֖ח אֶת־שְׁנֵ֣י הַשְּׂעִירִ֑ם וְהֶעֱמִ֤יד אֹתָם֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃
Alsdann nehme er die beiden Böcke und stelle sie vor den Herrn an den Eingang des Stiftszeltes.
Jerusalem Talmud Shevuot
HALAKHAH: “An oath about testimony,” etc. 7This text essentially is Sanhedrin 3:10, Notes 150–165, with a related text in Yoma 6:1. The many parallels in Babli (30a,b, Yoma 62b), Tosephta, and halakhic Midrashim are indicated in Sanhedrin.Rams8Lev. 16:5,7,8. Any indeterminate plural means 2, the minimum of many., the minimum of rams are two. Why does the verse say two? That they be equal.
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Jerusalem Talmud Yoma
HALAKHAH: “The two he-goats of the Day of Atonement,” etc. 8The following is a slightly changed verson of a text appearing in Sanhedrin 3:10 (Notes 150–162) and Ševuot 4:1 (Notes 7–17).He-goats9Lev. 16:5,7,8. Babli 62b, Sifra Aḥare Parasḥah 2(1)., the minimum of he-goats are two. If so, why does it say two? That they be equal.
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Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin
HALAKHAH: “One calls in the second [witness],” etc. 150There are two parallels to this text. The one in Ševuˋot 4:1 is almost identical with the present text; the one in Yoma 6:1 is slightly rewritten (or changed in transmission.) The Ševuˋot text seems to be the original of most of the Halakhah.
As explained in the author’s Logical problems in Jewish tradition (in: Confrontations with Judaism, ed. Ph. Longworth, London 1966, pp. 171–196, mainly p. 174), talmudic interpretation of pentateuchal verses operates on a principle of definiteness: The language always is definite. Since the sequence of integers has a smallest but no largest element, an indefinite plural means “two”. Therefore, the explicit mention of “two” always implies some special meaning.Rams151Lev. 16:5,7,8 speaking of the rams used in the service of the Day of Atonement., the minimum of rams are two. Why does the verse say two? That both be equal152Babli Yoma 62b, Sifra Ahare Parašah 2(1)..
As explained in the author’s Logical problems in Jewish tradition (in: Confrontations with Judaism, ed. Ph. Longworth, London 1966, pp. 171–196, mainly p. 174), talmudic interpretation of pentateuchal verses operates on a principle of definiteness: The language always is definite. Since the sequence of integers has a smallest but no largest element, an indefinite plural means “two”. Therefore, the explicit mention of “two” always implies some special meaning.Rams151Lev. 16:5,7,8 speaking of the rams used in the service of the Day of Atonement., the minimum of rams are two. Why does the verse say two? That both be equal152Babli Yoma 62b, Sifra Ahare Parašah 2(1)..
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