Reference for Keritot 34:14
יש אם למסורת (ויקרא ה, יז) מצות כתיב
Rab Assi holds that the traditional spelling of the text is authoritative, a [in Scripture] it is written: 'A commandment'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Many words of the Hebrew text of the Bible, which was originally written down vowelless, permit of various readings according to the vowels which are attached to them. In particular we find sometimes that by the omission of a letter, which in accordance with grammatical rule is expected there, the reading becomes equivocal. One School regards the fact of such spelling as indicative of a special intimation besides the one conveyed by the traditional reading of the word. They regard, in Talmudical terminology, 'the traditional spelling as authoritative' for the interpretation of the text. The other School takes only the reading version of the word into account when interpreting the text; v. Sanh. Sonc. ed. p. ');"><sup>9</sup></span>