Quoting%20commentary for Avodah Zarah 38:1

דלא ליפלוג לישני על פלגי מים א"ר תנחום בר חנילאי לעולם ישלש אדם שנותיו שליש במקרא שליש במשנה שליש בתלמוד

so that one is not confused by the variance in language. “By streams of water”: R. Tanhum b. Hanilai: One should divide one’s years [of study] into three: one third of them devoted to Scripture, one third to Mishnah, and one third to Talmud.

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