Commentary for Bava Batra 176:6

א"ר לוי קשה עונשן של מדות יותר מעונשן של עריות שזה נאמר בהן (ויקרא יח, כד) אל וזה נאמר בהן (דברים כה, טז) אלה ומאי משמע דהאי אל קשה הוא דכתיב (יחזקאל יז, יג) ואת אילי הארץ לקח

A TENTH IN [THE CASE OF] LIQUIDS, AND A TWENTIETH IN [THE CASE OF] DRY, etc. The question was raised: Does this mean, a tenth of the [unit of the] liquids for [every] ten [units] of the liquid, and a twentieth of [the unit of] dry [provisions] for [every] twenty [units] of dry; or [does it], perhaps, [mean] a tenth [of the unit] for [every] ten [units] of liquid and [a tenth of the unit] for [every] twenty [units] of dry [provisions]? — The matter stands undecided.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. s.v. Teko. ');">¹⁵</span> R. Levi said:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Yeb. 21a. ');">¹⁶</span> The punishment for [false] measures is more rigorous than that for [marrying] forbidden relatives;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XVIII, 6ff. ');">¹⁷</span>

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