English of Core Text: Rabbi Yochanan said: Wherever the Sadducees attacked, their answer is beside them. They attacked the verse “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness” — what is written after it? “And God created the man in His image.”
On the daf / in context: The plural of consultation is immediately answered by the singular of creation, refuting any claim of multiple creators.
Type of Learning: Custom (adjacent singular answers the plural)What Is Learned: The singular “And God created” that follows refutes the heretical reading of the plural “Let us make.”