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Basing himself on the passage in Sefer Tehillim (1:3) Rabbi Tanḥum bar Ḥanilai taught that Torah study should be divided into three parts, and a person should divide his years so that one third of the time is spent studying mikra (the written Torah), one third studying Mishna (oral traditions) and one third Gemara (underlying concepts and discussion of the Mishna).
Rashi understands the suggestion of dividing days to mean that the days of the week should be devoted to different areas of study. Tosafot disagree, and rule that every day should be divided up.
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