Commentary for Bava Batra 147:3

א"ל תא אחוי לך הר סיני אזלי חזאי דהדרא ליה עקרבא וקיימא כי חמרי חוורתי שמעתי בת קול שאומרת אוי לי שנשבעתי ועכשיו שנשבעתי מי מפר לי

said unto me: 'Come and I will show you Mount Sinai.' [When] I arrived I saw that scorpions<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The reading of the current editions, [H], a mixture of singular and plural, is obviously erroneous. Read with Bomberg ed. [H] etc. ');">⁷</span> surrounded it and they stood like white asses. I heard a <i>Bath Kol</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. ');">⁸</span> saying: 'Woe is me that I have made an oath<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To send Israel into exile. ');">⁹</span>

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