Musar for Sanhedrin 43:1
(עזרא ד, ז) וכתב הנשתוון כתוב ארמית ומתורגם ארמית וכתיב (דניאל ה, ח) לא כהלין כתבא למיקרא ופשרא להודעא למלכא וכתיב (דברים יז, יח) וכתב את משנה התורה הזאת כתב הראוי להשתנות
And the writing of the letter was written in the Aramaic character and interpreted into the Aramaic [tongue].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezra IV, 7. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> And again it is written, And they could not read the writing nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Dan. V, 8; i.e., none except Daniel could read it, which shows that the Assyrian characters were not popularised until the days of Ezra. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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