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are many “Torahs” mentioned in the       ‫ זאת תורת הזב‬:‫וקאל פי סאיר אלטמאות‬
Torah, among them: “This is the law      -23:‫והדוה בנדתה והזב את זובו וג' (ויק' טו‬
[Torah] of the burnt-offering” (Lev.     '‫ זאת התורה אדם כי ימות באהל וג' (במד‬,)33
6:2), “And this is the law [Torah] of    - )31:‫ וזאת תורת הנזיר (במד' ו‬:‫ וקאל‬,)41:‫יט‬
the meal-offering” (Lev. 6:7), “This     .‫פ ̇לדלך קאל והמשפטים והתורות בלשון רבים‬
is the law [Torah] of the sin-offering”
(Lev. 6:18), “And this is the law        ‫ כל מא קלנאה פי ̇אתבאת אלנקל‬44‫ואעלם אן‬
[Torah] of the guilt-offering” (Lev.     ‫מן אלמס ̈לה ואלגואב עליהא מ̇תבות פי‬
7:1), “And this is the law [Torah]       ‫אלתורה לם יחילנא עלי מס ̈לה ̇גיר מנצוצ̈ה‬
of the sacrifice of peace-offerings”
(Lev. 7:11). And it is said: “This is
the law [Torah] of the beast, and of
the fowl” (Lev. 11:46), “This is the
law [Torah] for her that beareth”
(Lev. 12:7), “This is the law [Torah]
for all manner of plague of leprosy”
(Lev. 14:54), and it says regarding
all of the impurities, “This is the law
[Torah] of him that hath an issue
[…] and of her that is sick with her
impurity, and of them that have an
issue” (Lev. 15:32–33), “This is the
law [Torah]: when a man dieth in
a tent” (Num. 19:14), and it says:
“And this is the law [Torah] of the
Nazirite” (Num. 6:13) And for this
reason, it says “the ordinances and
laws [Torot]” using the plural form.
Know that the arguments that we
have stated regarding the proof
of tradition are all documented in

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