t.Hag.1.9
A. The absolution of vows hovers in the air, for it has nothing upon which to depend fin the Torah] [M.Hag.1.8A].
B. But a sage loosens a vow in accord with his wisdom.
C. The laws of the Sabbath, festal-offerings, and sacrilege are like mountains hanging by a string, for they have little Scripture for many laws [M.Hag.1.8B].
D. They have nothing upon which to depend.
E. In this regard did R. Joshua [T2] say, ``Tongs were made with tongs. But who made the first tongs? [Now is this not my view:] They were created [on the eve of the Sabbath] [cf. T.Er.8.23D].
F. Laws concerning civil litigations, the sacrificial cult, things to be kept cultically clean, sources of cultic uncleanness, and prohibited consanguineous marriages [M.Hag.1.8D],
G. and added to them are laws concerning valuations, things declared herem, and things declared sacred -
H. for them there is abundant Scripture, exegesis, and many laws.
I. They have much on which to depend [M.Hag.1.8D].
J. R. Abba [BA3 & PA3] Yose b. Hanan says, ``These eight topics of the Torah constitute the essentials of the laws [thereof] [T.Er.8.24]`` [M.Hag.1.8D-E].
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