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<DIV>R' Zev Sero writes:</DIV>
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size=2>>>The question is only when he was taught the laws that are
in<BR>the Torah. IOW when Moshe came down from the Mountain he knew
either<BR>a) all the 613 mitzvos, including that of writing a sefer
torah,<BR>which isn't written until the end of Devarim; or b) only the
mitzvos<BR>that are written in Sefer Shemos. But either way, the text of
our<BR>five chumashim was only dictated to him before his
death.<<<BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you.</DIV>
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<DIV>But we always speak of Matan Torah as having taken place on Har
Sinai -- as if Moshe was given the whole Torah on Har Sinai. Anyway, the
idea that Moshe was taught the laws on Har Sinai -- not the entire text of the
Chumash -- does fit in with that.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><B><BR></B><BR><B>--Toby
Katz<BR>=============</B></FONT></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's new at <A title="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" href="http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170" target="_blank">AOL.com</A> and <A title="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" href="http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169" target="_blank">Make AOL Your Homepage</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>