A midrash on transmitting the Torah

PROF. STEVEN D. FRAADE: A Precariously Fragile Torah (TheTorah.com).

Moses and R. Judah HaNasi implore: “I would be most grateful if you would maintain the Torah after me.”

That is, they do so in Sifre Deuteronomy.

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