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Our daf records how Torah scholars who teach the halakhot of the removal of a handful to the priests would take their wages from the collection of the chamber. All these scholars were constantly engaged in work necessary for the functioning of the Temple, and therefore they would receive their wages from the Temple treasury.
Rabba bar bar Ḥana said that Rabbi Yoḥanan said: The proofreader of the Torah scrolls in Jerusalem would take their wages from the collection of the chamber.
Who were these “proofreaders” and what texts did they preserve?
We examine the transmission of the masoretic text from traditional and scholarly perspectives.