Commentary for Sanhedrin 173:1

במופלא שבב"ד הכתוב מדבר ממך זה יועץ וכן הוא אומר (נחום א, יא) ממך יצא חושב על ה' רעה יועץ בליעל דבר זו הלכה למשפט זה הדין

— the Writ refers to an 'outstanding' member, [mufla] of <i>Beth din</i>;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] Mufla generally means the instructing judge, 'a special expert assessor to whom questions of law are referred. (Jast.). Tosaf. supra 16b s.v. [H] states that the mufla was supernumary to the actual Beth din. In this case, however, mufla means 'ordained' (mumhe), in contradiction to talmid, an unordained disciple (Rashi and Tosaf. 16b, ibid.) Cf. Mishnah 86b. ');">¹</span> 'thee' refers to [a matter needing] a counsellor,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is explained below. ');">²</span>

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