Talmud su Deuteronomio 6:9

The hand-tefillah is put on the upper part of the hand³⁵The biceps, and not on the palm of the hand. [because Scripture declares, And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thy hand,³⁶Ex. 13, 9. which means that the sign shall be for thee³⁷Where only he who wears the tefillah can see it, i.e. on the biceps covered by the sleeve. but not for others³⁸Had the tefillah been put on the palm of the hand it would be visible to all.]. ³⁹The part enclosed in square brackets is based on Men. 37b (Sonc. ed., p. 229).So also [the Scriptural expression] between thine eyes⁴⁰Ex. 13, 9. [implies] the upper part of the head, [because] upon thy hand and between thine eyes [occur in juxtaposition we infer]: as upon thy hand [means] on the upper part of the hand, so between thine eyes [means] on the upper part of the head. This is according to R. Eliezer b. Jacob; R. Judah says: It is stated upon thy hand and it is also stated [in the same verse] between thine eyes [the inference being that] as upon thy hand [refers to] a place that is susceptible of ritual uncleanness by one [symptom of] leprosy,⁴¹The biceps, like any other part of the body that is free from hair, is declared ritually unclean by one symptom only, viz. white hair in the leprous spot. so also between thine eyes [refers to] a place that is susceptible of ritual uncleanness by one [symptom of] leprosy.⁴²Viz. the upper part of the head, whose symptom of uncleanness is yellow hair in the leprous spot. The region between the eyes, however, where both hair and clean flesh are to be found, can be declared unclean by either of the two symptoms (yellow or white hair) and must therefore be ruled out. [Another reason:] It is stated between thine eyes and it is also stated, Nor make any baldness between your eyes:⁴³Deut. 14, 1. as baldness occurs where there is hair [on the head] so you must put the tefillah only where there is hair [on the hand].⁴⁴Since both verses contain the expression between … eyes. It is stated, And thou shalt write them⁴⁵Referring to the mezuzah (Deut. 6, 9). and it is also stated [in juxtaposition] and thou shalt bind them;⁴⁶The tefillin (ibid. 8). [hence the inference that] the hand that writes [the mezuzah]⁴⁷i.e. the right hand, with which most people write. is the hand that binds [the tefillah].⁴⁸The hand-tefillah is therefore put on the left hand.

⁷⁹Similar texts are in Tanhuma Qorah 2 (Buber 4), Num. rabba 18(2), Midrash Prov. 11(27). Rav said, Koraḥ was an Epicurean. What did he do? He went and made togas completely of blue wool. He came before Moses and asked him, does a toga made completely out of blue wool need ṣiṣit? He answered, it is an obligation since it is written⁸⁰Deut. 22:12. While from Num. 15:37–41 one might free a blue toga from exhibiting a blue thread, this verse makes it clear that a knotted appendage is needed.: braids you shall make for yourselves. Does a house full of Torah scrolls need a mezuzah? He answered, it needs a mezuzah since it is written⁸¹Deut. 6:9, 11:20., you shall write them on the door-posts of your house, etc. He asked him, what is the rule for a white spot the size of a bean⁸²Lev. 13:18–23. By rabbinic interpretation, a white spot indicates skin disease only if it is at least the size of a Cilician bean.? He answered him, it is impure. If it spread over his entire body? He answered him, it is pure⁸³Lev. 13:13.. At that moment, Koraḥ said that the Torah is not from Heaven, nor is Moses a [true]^G prophet, nor Aaron a High Priest. ⁸⁴Cf. Num. rabba 18(15), Midrash Prov. 11(27). Then Moses said, Master of all worlds! If a mouth of the earth had been created during the Six Days of Creation, it is fine. Otherwise it should be created now: If the Eternal would create a Creation⁸⁵Num. 16:30..

“All lodges which were in the Temple were not liable for mezuzah except for the Palhedrin lodge which was the abode of the High Priest for seven days every year. Rebbi Jehudah said, also this is a decree which was decreed about it.” In your gates¹⁰⁵Deut.6:9.. There are Tannaim who state, to exclude the gates of the Temple Mount and the Courtyards¹⁰⁶Babli 11b, Sifry Deut. 36.. There are Tannaim who state, to include. He who said to exclude, Rebbi Jehudah. He who said to include, the rabbis. Rebbi Jehudah says it correctly; what is the rabbis’ reason? In your gates, are these lodgings? Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Abun asked, but did we not state, in your gates, to include city gates¹⁰⁷Babli 11a.? Are these lodgings? But through them one enters lodgings, so also here through them one enters lodgings.