generalizations encompassing a wide variety of other details across the gaps between one tractate and another. This immensely creative and imaginative approach to the Mishnah vastly expands the range of discourse. The consequence, however, is to deny to the Mishnah both its own mode of speech and its distinctive and coherent message. The Mishnah assembles masses of conflicting opinion, and the Gemara (Bavli) is laden with disputes. Contention
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