Commentary for Avodah Zarah 4:14

אלא הכי אמרי כלום קיבלנוה ולא קיימנוה ועל דא תברתהון אמאי לא קבלתוה אלא כך אומרים לפניו רבש"ע כלום כפית עלינו הר כגיגית ולא קבלנוה כמו שעשית לישראל

Rather, this is what they will say to Him: “Did we accept it and fail to observe it?” But surely to this the response would be: “Then why did you not accept it?” Rather, this is what they will say to Him: “Master of the Universe, did you hold the mountain over us like a tub as You did to Israel and did we still decline to accept it?”

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