Commentary for Shevuot 9:14
יציאות שבת שתים שהן ארבע: תנן התם יציאות שבת שתים שהן ארבע בפנים ושתים שהן ארבע בחוץ מאי שנא הכא דתנא שתים שהן ד' ותו לא ומאי שנא התם דתני שתים שהן ארבע בפנים ושתים שהן ארבע בחוץ
[Surely not, for] it is written: Man knows not the value thereof.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Job XXVIII, 13');"><sup>13</sup></span> Of necessity then, said Abaye, Rabbi holds that the knowledge gained from a teacher<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The theoretical knowledge that one who touches an unclean thing becomes unclean is also considered knowledge for the purpose of 'knowledge at the beginning', even if he did not realise at the moment of touching the unclean thing that he had become unclean. According to this, there is always 'knowledge at the beginning', the only exception being the case of a child taken into captivity among heathen.');"><sup>14</sup></span>
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