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size=2>From: "Micha Berger" <micha@aishdas.org><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT
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<DIV><BR>>>R' Yochanan, who acquired Torah over his whole life, holds that
Moshe<BR>got the Torah piece-by-piece over the 40 years. Reish Lakish --
at<BR>once.<<<BR><BR>>>>>></DIV>
<DIV>I was thinking about this very subject this morning (Shabbos morning) and
meant to post after Shabbos, but forgot -- and then, providentially, here is
RMB's post to prod my memory.</DIV>
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<DIV>What I was wondering was, when and where did Moshe Rabbeinu receive the
whole Torah? If he received it on Har Sinai, did he come down from
the mountain carrying, not only two slabs of stone, but also a whole sefer
Torah?! Or did he receive part of it on Har Sinai (minus everything that
happened after Ma'amad Har Sinai) and bring down a lighter, smaller scroll to
which he later added as events occurred? Or did he receive both the
Written and Oral Torah orally and transcribe the Written Torah from memory after
he came down from the mountain? And again, was it the whole Torah that he
wrote all at once, including events that were yet to occur, or only the Torah up
to the point of Ma'amad Har Sinai, adding to it later as events unfolded?</DIV>
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<DIV>BTW I know that there are two opinions about the end of the Torah,
describing Moshe's death -- an opinion that he wrote those pesukim prophetically
and an opinion that they were written by Yehoshu after Moshe's
death. Can someone please provide me with the exact quotes and who
says which opinion? And again, if these verses were written by Moshe --
when did he write them? On Har Sinai, or right after he came down from Har
Sinai, or shortly before his death?<BR></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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