Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 209:14

אמר רבה בזבח ובמנחה אינו מתכפר אבל מתכפר הוא בדברי תורה אביי אמר בזבח ובמנחה אינו מתכפר אבל מתכפר בגמילות חסדים רבה ואביי מדבית עלי קאתו רבה דעסק בתורה חיה ארבעין שנין אביי דעסק בתורה ובגמילות חסדים חיה שיתין שנין

does this then imply that there exists a [divine] Writing that is not of truth'? There is really no difficulty. For the former<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Writing of truth', i.e., 'permanent', 'unalterable'. ');">³⁵</span> refers to a [divine] decree that was accompanied by an oath while the latter<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The 'writing that is not of truth', i.e., which may be altered or recalled. ');">³⁶</span> refers to one that was not accompanied by an oath. [This is] in accordance with a statement of R. Samuel b. Ammi. For R. Samuel b. Ammi stated in the name of R. Jonathan: Whence is it deduced that a decree which is accompanied by an oath is never annulled?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'torn up'. ');">³⁷</span>

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