Commentary for Eruvin 108:18

אמר מר רבי יהודה אומר לעולם אהרן לימין משה חוזר כמאן אזלא הא דתניא שלשה שהיו מהלכין בדרך הרב באמצע וגדול בימינו וקטן בשמאלו לימא רבי יהודה היא ולא רבנן

Put it in their mouths.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXXI, 19: emphasis on 'put . . mouth'.');">³⁴</span> And whence is it inferred that it is also his duty to explain to him the reasons?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to show the face'. . that it is not enough to teach dogmatically. ohbp uk ,utrvk ovhbpk');">³⁵</span> It has been said: Now these are the ordinances which thou shalt put before them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXI. 1, emphasis on 'put before' (cf. Rashi) . 'to show him the face' may be a play upon the word , 'before them'.');">³⁶</span> But why did they not all learn<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' MS. M. 'Let the elders enter and learn'. Bah, 'Let them all enter' etc.');">³⁷</span>

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