Commentary for Sanhedrin 208:11

(איכה ב, טז) פצו עליך פיהם אמר רבא אמר רבי יוחנן בשביל מה הקדים פ"א לעי"ן בשביל מרגלים שאמרו בפיהם מה שלא ראו בעיניהם

Because of the Spies who spoke with their mouths what they had not seen with their eyes.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus putting the one before the other. ');">²⁸</span> They eat my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. XIV, 4. ');">²⁹</span> Rabbah said in R. Johanan's name: Whoever eats the bread of Israel enjoys the taste of bread; whoever does not eat the bread of Israel does not enjoy the taste of bread.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Heathens enjoy their bread only if it is stolen from the Jews. ');">³⁰</span>

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