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GENESIS — 49:12 teeth

GEN1598 R. Yochanan said: “It is better to ‘whiten’ [expose in a smile] one’s teeth to one’s friend than to give him milk to drink, as it is written: ‘ULVN shinayim mechalav’ – do not read it ‘Uleven shinaym’ [‘and his teeth will be white’], but ‘Ulevon shinayim’ [‘and he shall whiten his teeth’]” Ketubot 111b  TEMIMAH-GEN 191

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GENESIS — 50:16 message

GEN1608 R. Ila said in the name of R. Elazar b. R. Shimon: “One may alter the truth for the sake of peace, as it is written: ‘And they commanded Joseph saying: “Your father commanded before his death [saying … ‘Forgive your brothers’’ sin’” (and we do not find that he had done so!)]” Yevamot 65b   TEMIMAH-GEN 198

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