Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Musar for Yoma 144:6

א"ר יוחנן שלשה זירים הן של מזבח ושל ארון ושל שלחן של מזבח זכה אהרן ונטלו של שלחן זכה דוד ונטלו של ארון עדיין מונח הוא כל הרוצה ליקח יבא ויקח שמא תאמר פחות הוא ת"ל (משלי ח, טו) בי מלכים ימלוכו

a little more than ten high. But it was taught: A little more than eleven [high]? - That is no contradiction: the one opinion agrees with the view that the thickness thereof<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the outer ark.');"><sup>10</sup></span>

Shenei Luchot HaBerit

One can also explain these verses in accordance with a statement by our sages (Yuma 72) that there are three crowns, the crown of priesthood acquired by Aaron, the crown of Monarchy acquired by David, and the crown of Torah which was granted (potentially) to everybody. Concerning all this, the Torah first says (plural) והייתם, "you will all be something precious." There is a discussion in Baba Kama 87 about the meaning of the word סגולה. Rav Chisda holds that someone could acquire סגולה by purchasing a Torah scroll. Rabba bar Rav Hunna thinks that ownership of a date-palem constitutes possession of a סגולה; the owner will be able to eat dates from it for an unlimited period of time. What Rabbi Chisda meant was that everybody is at liberty to buy a Torah scroll, hence everybody can acquire the status of being or possessing a סגולה.
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Shenei Luchot HaBerit

— the author now turns his attention to the different opinions about which precisely are the 613 commandments which are recorded in the Torah as such.
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