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Rav said, "Wherever the Torah stated 'law' and 'decree', it means to make the step essential, so that if it is omitted, the whole procedure has to be repeated.”
The Talmud asked Rav questions, based on the laws of Nazir, thanksgiving offering, and Yom Kippur, and changed the understanding of what Rav said to: only 'decree' indicates the requirement, but 'law', although similar, does not.
The mnemonic preserved in the sugya—נת"ץ יקמ"ל—serves as an organizing principle revealing the deliberate textual architecture underlying rabbinic legal reasoning.
Through careful analysis of the Gemara's integration of verses from Leviticus, Numbers, and other Biblical sources, we show the artistry inherent in Talmudic discourse, where linguistic precision, analogical reasoning, and dialectical method combine to yield authoritative religious law.