Commentary for Sukkah 12:14

ואיבעית אימא דכולי עלמא כי אתאי הלכתא לגרע ויש אם למסורת והכא בדורשין תחילות קמיפלגי מ"ס דורשין תחילות ומ"ס אין דורשין תחילות

And if you wish you can say that both agree that tradition comes to diminish and that the traditional Scriptural text is authoritative, but they differ as to whether one uses first [references] for exegesis: one Master holds that we do expound upon first references, and the other Master holds that we do not.

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