Commentary for Sanhedrin 70:6

אמר רבא כבר פסקה תנא דבי ר' ישמעאל דתנא דבי רבי ישמעאל (שמות לה, ג) לא תבערו אש מה ת"ל

as has been taught: The [singling out of] kindling is to shew that it is subject merely to a negative command: this is the view of R. Jose. R. Nathan said: It is to teach separation. But, said Raba, the Tanna's difficulty is [the word] 'habitations'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXXV, 3. ');">¹¹</span> Why is the word 'habitations'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which word, as a rule, indicates that the law is confined to Palestine alone. ');">¹²</span>

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