Tosefta for Megillah 6:5
כבוד תורה קאמרת כבוד תורה דיחיד חמור תלמוד תורה דיחיד קל
You are speaking of the honor to be paid to the Torah. The honor to be paid to the learning of an individual is important, the study of an individual is less important.
Tosefta Megillah
Cities surrounded by a wall from the time of Joshua bin Nun read [the megillah] on the fifteenth [of Adar]. Rabbi Yehuda ben Karchah says "[walled] since the time of Achashverosh". Rabbi Yose said in the name of Rabbi Yehudah, "Was Shushan the palace walled since the time of Joshua bin Nun?״ 'Each family, each state, each city' (Esther 9:28): Towns that are near the city and seem part of it are treated like it [with respect to reading the megillah on the 15th of Adar].
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