When the Holy One came to give the Torah to Moshe, he said over the order of the Readings, the Mishna, the aggadah and the Talmud as it says "And God spoke all these words..." (Shemot 20:1) - even what an experienced student would ask his teacher. The Holy One said to him go and "teach it to the Children of Israel..." (Devarim 31:19) Moshe replied 'Master of the world, you write it down for your children!' Gd said to him, 'I want to give it to them in writing, but it is revealed before me that in the future the nations of the world will rule over them and take it away from them. Then my children will be like the nations!' So Moshe said 'give them the Readings in written form and the aggadah, Mishna and Talmud orally.' "And the LORD said to Moses: Write down these..." (Shemot 34:27) this refers to the Readings, "...for in accordance with these..." (ibid.) refers to the Mishna and Talmud which make the distinction between Israel and the nations of the world.
כְּשֶׁבָּא הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לִתֵּן אֶת הַתּוֹרָה, אָמַר לְמשֶׁה עַל סֵדֶר הַמִּקְרָא וְהַמִּשְׁנָה וְהָאַגָּדָה וְהַתַּלְמוּד, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר "וַיְדַבֵּר אֱלֹהִים אֵת כָּל הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה", אֲפִלּוּ מַה שֶּׁיִּשְׁאַל תַּלְמִיד וָתִיק לְרַבּוֹ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא. לֵךְ, וְלַמְּדָהּ אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. אֲמַר לֵיהּ מֹשֶׁה. רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, כְּתֹב אַתָּה לְבָנֶיךָ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ. מְבַקֵּשׁ אֲנִי לִתֵּן אוֹתָהּ לָכֶם בִּכְתָב, אֶלָּא שֶׁגָּלוּי לְפָנַי שֶׁעֲתִידִים אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם לִשְׁלֹט בָּהֶם וְלִטֹּל אוֹתָהּ מֵהֶם וְיִהְיוּ בָנַי כְּאֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם, אֶלָּא הַמִּקְרָא תִּתֵּן לָהֶם בִּכְתַב, וְהָאַגָּדָה וְהַמִּשְׁנָה וְהַתַּלְמוּד עַל פֶּה. וַיֹּאמֶר ה' אֶל מֹשֶׁה. כְּתָב לְךָ. זֶה מִקְרָא. כִּי עַל פִּי. הַמִּשְׁנָה וְהַתַּלְמוּד, שֶׁהֵן מַבְדִּילִים בֵּין יִשְׂרָאֵל וּבֵין אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם. כְּתָב לְךָ. הַלּוּחוֹת הָרִאשׁוֹנוֹת אֲנִי כָּתַבְתִּי אוֹתָם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שמות לא, יח) "כְּתֻבִים בְּאֶצְבַּע אֱלֹהִים", אֲבָל הַשְּׁנִיִּים, אַתָּה כְּתָב לְךָ מָשָׁל לְמָה הַדָּבָר דּוֹמֶה. לְמֶלֶךְ שֶׁנָּשָׂא אִשָּׁה וְכָתַב לָהּ גְּמִיקוּם מִשֶּׁלּוֹ. לֹא עָשָׂה, אֶלָּא קִלְקְלָה וּטְרָדָה בָּא שׁוֹשְׁבִינָהּ, וְרִצָּה אוֹתָהּ לַמֶּלֶךְ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ הַמֶּלֶךְ. אֲנִי לֹא נִתְרַצֵּיתִי אֶלָּא לְךָ, וַעֲשֵׂה גְּמִיקוּם אַחֵר. (כַּטּוֹב) [כְּתָב] לְךָ. בִּזְכוּתְךָ אֲנִי נוֹתֵן לָהֶם אֶת הַתּוֹרָה.
When the Holy One came to give the Torah to Moshe, he said over the order of the Readings, the Mishna, the aggadah and the Talmud as it says "And God spoke all these words..." (Shemot 20:1) - even what an experienced student would ask his teacher. The Holy One said to him go and "teach it to the Children of Israel..." (Devarim 31:19) Moshe replied 'Master of the world, you write it down for your children!' Gd said to him, 'I want to give it to them in writing, but it is revealed before me that in the future the nations of the world will rule over them and take it away from them. Then my children will be like the nations!' So Moshe said 'give them the Readings in written form and the aggadah, Mishna and Talmud orally.' "And the LORD said to Moses: Write down these..." (Shemot 34:27) this refers to the Readings, "...for in accordance with these..." (ibid.) refers to the Mishna and Talmud which make the distinction between Israel and the nations of the world.