Commentary for Sanhedrin 173:11

כי יפלא במופלא שבב"ד הכתוב מדבר ממך זה יועץ שיודע לעבר שנים ולקבוע חדשים כדתנן הן העידו שמעברים את השנה כל אדר שהיו אומרים עד הפורים

R. Simeon said: Even for a single detail arising out of the subtle interpretations of the Rabbis.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'Scribes'. ');">²⁰</span> What is R. Meir's reason? — He draws an analogy from the use of dabar [matter] in two places: Here it is written, If there arise a dabar [matter] too hard for thee in judgement; and elsewhere it is written, [And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance,] the matter [dabar] being hidden from the eyes of the assembly:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. IV, 13. ');">²¹</span>

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