Q&A: Sinai
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Sinai
Question
On page 661 of the book Walking Among the Standing, you write that when the Talmud in Horayot “ruled” that Sinai is preferable in relation to Rav Yosef, that was said when the Oral Torah had still not yet been written down.
But in Rav Yosef’s time, the Mishnah had already been written, hadn’t it?
Answer
The Mishnah, yes, but not the Talmud. Being well-versed in the Mishnah isn’t such a big deal.