Commentary for Sanhedrin 173:7

מאי טעמא דר"מ גמר דבר דבר כתיב הכא (דברים יז, ח) כי יפלא ממך דבר למשפט וכתיב התם (ויקרא ד, יג) ונעלם דבר מעיני הקהל מה להלן דבר שחייב על זדונו כרת ועל שגגתו חטאת אף כאן דבר שחייב על זדונו כרת ועל שגגתו חטאת

'and ascend' — this teaches that the Temple was higher than [the rest of] Palestine, and Palestine is [geographically] higher than all other countries' 'into the place', — this teaches that the place is the cause.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the supreme authority of the Great Sanhedrin. The fact that it was situated in the Temple, the religious hub of the nation, imparted to its decisions and powers a weightiness which it would otherwise have lacked. ');">¹³</span> Now, it is correct to say that the Temple was higher than [the rest of] Palestine, since it is written, and thou shalt ascend;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Implying that wherever one was in Palestine, he had to ascend, in order to reach the Temple. ');">¹⁴</span>

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