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⁵³Tactate Soferim 16:10. The piece is missing in Tactate Soferim in Maḥzor Vitry. Rebbi Joshua ben Levi said, I never looked into a book of sermon concepts, except that once I looked, and I found written there: The 175 paragraphs where in the Torah is written speech, saying, commandment⁵⁴The number of paragraphs which start with an expression of commandment., correspond to the years of our father Abraham, as it is written, you took gifts from Man⁵⁵Ps. 68:19. Traditionally the Psalm is read as describing the Exodus and the epiphany at Sinai. The gift is the Torah given to Moses., and it is written, the great Man among giants⁵⁶Jos. 14:15.. The 147 songs written in Psalms⁵⁷The number of Psalms if Psalms 1–2, 9–10, 114–115 are combinred. correspond to the years of our father Jacob. This teaches that all praises by which Israel praise the Holy One, praise to Him, correspond to the years of Jacob, as it is said, You are Holy, throning over the praises of Israel⁵⁸Ps. 22:4.. The 123 times Israel answer “halleluiah”⁵⁹In the recitation of “Hallel” (Pss. 113–118) by the reader, the congregation answers every half-verse by “halleluiah”. This form of recitation, described by Maimonides Hilkhot Ḥanukkah 3:12 (Babli Sukkah 38b), still is common among Yemenite congregations. The exact places of response are indicated in the Yemenite Tikālil. correspond to the years of Aaron, Halleluiah, praise God by His holy one⁶⁰Ps. 150:1., Aaron his holy one, for Aaron, the Eternal’s holy one⁶¹Ps. 106:16.. Nevertheless I was frightened in the night⁶²Because of the sin he committed reading the book in which was written what only should be orally transmitted..

R. Joshua b. Levi said: I have never looked into a book of ’aggadta except once when I looked and found written therein that the one hundred and seventy-five sections of the Torah,⁴⁷i.e. the Pentateuch. in which occurs any expression of speaking, saying or commanding, correspond to the number of years of our father Abraham;⁴⁸Abraham lived 175 years (Gen. 25, 7). for it is written, Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast led captivity captive; Thou hast received gifts⁴⁹Explained as the Torah given to Moses as a gift from God. for the sake of the man,⁵⁰viz. Abraham. Ps. 68, 19, E.V. among men. and it is also written, The greatest man⁵¹Also explained of Abraham. among the Anakim.⁵²Josh. 14, 15. On this account the Rabbis instituted one hundred and seventy-five orders in the Torah [to be read in public worship] every Sabbath⁵³Completing the entire Pentateuch in 175 weeks, or three and a half years: fifty orders or sections in one year. This was the Jerusalem practice. In Babylon and at the present time the Pentateuch is completed every year. [as regularly as the] continual burnt-offering.⁵⁴Cf. Num. 28, 10.