Tosefta for Menachot 56:8
רבי דריש כללי ופרטי (שמות כה, לא) ועשית מנורת כלל זהב טהור פרט מקשה תיעשה המנורה חזר וכלל כלל ופרט וכלל אי אתה דן אלא כעין הפרט מה הפרט מפורש של מתכת אף כל של מתכת
What can be the reason for this?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This distinction in R. Jose b. Judah, according to which it is valid if made of lead or of tin, but invalid if made of wood.');"><sup>11</sup></span> He replied, Both masters interpret [the verse] by the principle of 'general proposition and specification',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra.');"><sup>12</sup></span>
Tosefta Chullin
A menorah is not valid unless it is produced a solid block [of gold (see Menachot 28b:4)]. [If it is fashioned from] filings, it is invalid, and if it is made from other types of metal, it is valid. Trumpets are not valid unless they are fashioned from silver. [If] they are fashioned from [silver] filings, they are valid. [If] from other types of metal, they are invalid, and consequently it is said, "[What is] invalid in a menorah is valid in trumpets, [and what is] invalid in trumpets is valid in a menorah."
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