Commentary for Nedarim 75:16

ואמר ר' יוחנן בתחילה היה משה למד תורה ומשכחה עד שניתנה לו במתנה שנאמר ויתן אל משה ככלתו לדבר אתו (שמות לא, יח)

But perhaps it was because of his poverty?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., having so few possessions that he did not need one. ');">³⁰</span> — But [it is derived] from the verse, Hew thee etc.: the chips be thine. Samuel, because it is written, Behold here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken, or whose ass have I taken?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Sam. XII, 3. ');">³¹</span>

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