If one erred between sections and does not know whether one completed the first or second section, where does one return to?
Synopsis
If one knows a section was completed but cannot determine whether it was the first (V'ahavta) or second (V'haya Im Shamoah), one returns to the first section and begins from V'haya Im Shamoah.
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