Commentary for Bava Batra 176:10

ואמר רבי לוי בוא וראה שלא כמדת הקב"ה מדת בשר ודם הקב"ה ברך ישראל בעשרים ושתים וקללן בשמנה ברכן בעשרים ושתים (ויקרא כו, ג) מאם בחקותי עד קוממיות

[than those for marrying forbidden relatives]? — There,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Forbidden relatives. ');">²⁶</span> repentance is possible, but here,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' False measures. ');">²⁷</span> repentance is impossible.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One cannot remedy the sin of robbery, by mere repentance. The return of the things robbed must precede it. In the case of false measures, it is practically impossible to find out all the members of the public that have been defrauded. ');">²⁸</span>

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