ג הוסיף יום אחד מדעתו מאי דריש היום ומחר היום כמחר מה למחר לילו עמו אף היום לילו עמו ולילה דהאידנא נפקא ליה ש"מ תרי יומי לבר מהאידנא ומנלן דהסכים הקב"ה על ידו דלא שריא שכינה עד צפרא דשבתא
3 he added one day of his own understanding, he separated himself from his wife,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Entirely, after the Revelation. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> and he broke the Tables. 'He added one day of his own understanding': what [verse] did he interpret? To-day and to-morrow: 'to-day' [must be] like 'tomorrow: just as to-morrow includes the [previous] night, so 'to-day' [must] include the [previous] night, but the night of to-day has already passed! Hence it must be two days exclusive of to-day. And how do we know that the Holy One, blessed be He, gave his approval? — Since the <i>Shechinah</i> did not rest [upon Mount Sinal] until the morning of the Sabbath.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Had Moses' interpretation been incorrect, the Shechinah should have alighted Friday morning. ');"><sup>8</sup></span> And 'he separated himself from his wife': What did he interpret? He applied an <i>a minori</i> argument to himself, reasoning: If the Israelites, with whom the <i>Shechinah</i> spoke only on one occasion and He appointed them a time [thereof], yet the Torah said, Be ready against the third day: come not near a woman: I, with whom the <i>Shechinah</i> speaks at all times and does not appoint me a [definite] time, how much more so! And how do we know that the Holy One, blessed be He, gave his approval? Because it is written, Go say to them, Return to your tents,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut, V, 30. This was permission to resume marital relations. ');"><sup>9</sup></span>