Reference for Kiddushin 42:9

ר' יוסי דריש ריבויי ומיעוטי ולקחת ריבה מרצע מיעט באזנו ובדלת חזר וריבה ריבה ומיעט וריבה ריבה הכל

Wherein do they differ? - Rabbi interprets [by the method of] general propositions and particularizations.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In all cases such as the one under discussion Rabbi regards the verse as consisting of a generalization followed by a specification and then again by a generalization. In that case we say that the generalization includes only what is similar to the specification, as explained in the text.');">¹²</span> [Thus:] 'Then thou shalt take' - this is a generalization;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., it implies anything that may be taken, as above.');">¹³</span> 'an awl' - this is a specification: 'through his ear unto the door' is again a generalization.

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