English: “The elders of Israel” — R’ Chama bar Chanina said: From the days of our fathers the yeshivah never ceased from among them; when they were in Egypt a yeshivah was with them, as it is said “Go and gather the elders of Israel.”
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Type of Learning
Custom
What Is Learned
Chazal teach that a chain of elders / a yeshivah existed among Israel even in Egypt.