תּלמוד אויף שמות 26:30

HALAKHAH: 3. Who taught “signs”⁵⁶Writing is forbidden even if no letters are formed. Babli 103a.? Rebbi Yose! What means “of any language”? Even אα⁵⁷The two letters do not have to be from the same alphabet.. Should one not be concerned that maybe one will put them upside down or bottom up⁵⁸Why is there a Sabbath violation only if two letters were written? R. Yose in the Mishnah reasons that the only writing in the construction of the Tabernacle was of signs which showed how the planks of the tabernacle had to be fitted together. This necessitates corresponding signs on adjacent planks, more than one at a time. Now it is asked whether not every single plank (which was a rectangular piece of wood 10 by 1/2 cubits) needed a sign which indicated what was top and what bottom? Then writing a single letter would be a Sabbath violation.? They were made similar to reed pens⁵⁹Thick at the bottom, thin at the top. In the Babli (98a) this is a matter of controversy.. Should one not be concerned that maybe one will put them inside out or outside in? The rings⁶⁰Through which the interlocking rods were put. They all had to be on the same side. did prove. Should one not be concerned that maybe one would exchange? Rebbi Aḥa said, it was written slanted⁶¹The corresponding signs on two adjacent planks were written at different heights and slanted so that they sat on one line only if the planks were correctly situated.. Why could they not be switched? Rebbi Immi said, You shall erect the Tabernacle according to its ruling⁶²Ex. 26:30.. Does there exist a ruling for wood? But the log which merited to be put in the North should be put in the North, in the South should be put in the South.

Those of Bar Pazi and (Bar) [Rebbi]³²⁸The text of L is in parentheses, the one from B in bracketrs. Since the second family is also called “R. Hoshaia’s” later in L, and the entire story makes sense only if this family was distinguished in learning, the reading from B has to be accepted. Hoshaia went and greeted the Patriarch every day. Those of Rebbi Hoshaia went in first [and left first]³²⁹Ex. 26:30. This argument is a legal argument of R. Immi’s in Šabbat 12:3 (13c l. 60). The Mishnah states that it is a prosecutable sin to write two letters on the Sabbath. Since the Sabbath prohibition is repeated after the instructions for building the Tabernacle (Ex. 31:12–17; 35:1–3) it is concluded that the forbidden actions on the Sabbath are exactly those which were necessary for the construction of the Tabernacle. R. Immi explains that all logs which formed the walls of the Tabernacle carried two letters and that sides bearing the same letters were put together when the Tabernacle was re-assembled after being transported. This is taken here as a sign that nothing should be changed; marrying into the family of the patriarch cannot erase the advantage conferred by learning.. Those of Bar Pazi went and became related by marriage to the patriarchate. They came and wanted to enter first. They went and asked Rebbi Immi. You shall erect the tabernacle according to its ruling³³⁰Ex. 26:30.. Does there exist a ruling for wood? But the log which merited to be put in the North should be put in the North, in the South should be put in the South.