" The commentaries in the Talmud were written over the course of several hundred years between 200 B.C.E. and 500 C.E. ... Those oral instructions were verbally handed down from generation to generation until there came a time of crisis where it was finally written down. ... When reading this chapter, or anywhere in the Talmud for that matter, it is interesting to note that no matter what century the scribes were writing, they always wrote as if the second temple worship is still in existence to this day. ... The sage answers, "From the time that the priests enter [their houses] i...

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