Rabbi Nechemiah Found in This Repetition a Clue to Something

Mekhilta Tractate Shirah 1:12

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·March 24, 2026

(Exodus, Ibid.) "And they said, saying": R. Nechemiah says: The Holy Spirit reposed upon them and they intoned song as one reciting the Shema (i.e., one, beginning, and the other continuing).

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