Nedarim 38A

״זאת״ ״ד״המצוה״, ״ידרך״ ד״הדרך״, ״חמש״ ד״פאת נגב״, ״אם״ ד״כי גאל״⁠ — הלין כתבן ולא קריין.

The same is true for “this” that is in the verse “and this is the mitzva” (Deuteronomy 6:1); and for “bend” that is in the verse “let the archer bend his bow” (Jeremiah 51:3); and for “5” that is in the verse “and the south side 4,500” (Ezekiel 48:16); and for “if” that is in the verse “that if I am a near kinsman” (Ruth 3:12). All these are written but not read.

אמר רב אחא בר אדא: במערבא פסקין להדין פסוקא לתלתא פסוקין: ״ויאמר ה׳ אל משה הנה אנכי בא אליך בעב הענן״.

Rav Aḥa bar Adda said: In the West, Eretz Yisrael, they divide this verse into 3 verses: “And YHWH said to Moses, behold I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear as I speak with you, and may also believe in you forever; and Moses told the words of the people to YHWH” (Exodus 19:9).

אמר רבי חמא ברבי חנינא: לא העשיר משה אלא מפסולתן של לוחות, שנאמר: ״פסל לך שני לחת אבנים כראשנים״⁠ — פסולתן שלך יהא.

§ R' Ḥama, son of R' Ḥanina, said: Moses became wealthy only from the waste remaining from hewing the Tablets of the Covenant, as it is stated: “Hew for you two tablets of stone like the first” (Exodus 34:1). “Hew for you” means that their waste should be yours. As the tablets were crafted from valuable gems, their remnants were similarly valuable.

אמר רבי יוסי ברבי חנינא: לא ניתנה תורה אלא למשה ולזרעו, שנאמר: ״כתב לך״, ״פסל לך״: מה פסולתן שלך ⁠— אף כתבן שלך. משה נהג בה טובת עין ונתנה לישראל, ועליו הכתוב אומר: ״טוב עין הוא יברך וגו׳״.

R' Yosei, son of R' Ḥanina, said: The Torah was given initially only to Moses and his descendants, as it is stated: “Write for you” (Exodus 34:27), and it is also stated: “Hew for you” (Exodus 34:1), meaning: Just as their waste is yours, so too their writing is yours. However, Moses treated the Torah with generosity and gave it to the Jewish people. And about him, the verse says: “He that has a bountiful eye should be blessed, as he gives of his bread to the poor” (Proverbs 22:9).