Why Moses Forgot the Torah Until It Was Given as a Gift

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 391:5

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(Exodus 31:18) "And He gave to Moses when He finished." Rabbi Yohanan said: at first Moses would learn Torah and forget it, until it was given to him as a gift, as it says, "and He gave to Moses when He finished."

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