Commentary for Sanhedrin 42:20
לא צריכא לשתי תורות וכדתניא (דברים יז, יח) וכתב לו את משנה וגו' כותב לשמו שתי תורות אחת שהיא יוצאה ונכנסת עמו ואחת שמונחת לו בבית גנזיו
for one belongingto his ancestors. Rabbah said: Even if one's parents have left him a Sefer Torah, yet it isproper that he should write one of his own, as it is written: Now thereforewrite ye this song<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Book of the Law which includes the Song (Deut. XXXII): Maim. Yad, Sefer Torah VII, 2. In Aggadah we meet frequent references to 'Song' as the symbol of the Torah. Cf. Hul. 133a. ');"><sup>38</sup></span>
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