Commentary for Yevamot 144:7

בתר דנפק א"ל רבי יוחנן לר"ל ראיתי לבן פדת שיושב ודורש כמשה מפי הגבורה א"ל ר"ל דידיה היא מתניתא היא היכא תנא ליה בתורת כהנים נפק תנייה בתלתא יומי וסברה בתלתא ירחי

who bases no expositions on a <i>Waw</i> does base his exposition on the basis of a <i>Waw</i> and a He!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Both these letters are found in the word [H] And that which remaineth (ibid. VII. 17), and both are superfluous; which proves that even when burning takes place after the proper time it must be done in the daytime. How then could R. Johanan state that nothar, after its proper time, may be burned either in the day or in the night? ');">²³</span> The other remained silent. After he went out, R. Johanan said to Resh Lakish: I observed that the son of Pedath<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Eleazar's father was Pedath. ');">²⁴</span> was sitting and making expositions like Moses in the name of the Almighty. 'Was this his'? Resh Lakish replied.'It is really a Baraitha'. 'Where', the first asked. 'was it taught'? — 'In Torath Kohanim'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] 'the law of the priests', an halachic commentary on Leviticus, sometimes designated Sifra. ');">²⁵</span> He went out and learned it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The book, Torath Kohanim. ');">²⁶</span>

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