Rav Joseph

Tazria - In Classical Rabbinic Interpretation - Leviticus Chapter 13
... Rabbi Johanan said in the name of Rabbi Joseph ben Zimra that anyone who bears evil tales (lashon hara) will be visited by the plague of skin disease ... Rav Joseph asked whether the vav (ו) in gachon, גָּחוֹן (“belly”), in Leviticus 1142 belonged to the first half or the second half of the Torah ... Rav Joseph presumed that the Torah contains an even number of letters.) The scholars replied that they could bring a Torah Scroll and count, for Rabbah bar bar Hanah said on a similar occasion that ...

Tzav - In Classical Rabbinic Interpretation - Leviticus Chapter 8
... Rav Joseph asked whether the vav (ו) in גָּחוֹן, gachon (“belly”), in Leviticus 1142 belonged to the first half or the second half of the Torah ... Rav Joseph presumed that the Torah contains an even number of letters.) The scholars replied that they could bring a Torah Scroll and count, for ... Rav Joseph replied that they (in Rabbah bar bar Hanah’s time) were thoroughly versed in the proper defective and full spellings of words (that could be ...