Commentary for Sanhedrin 212:14

ורב יהודה שליף מסאני ואתא מטרא ואנן צוחינן וליכא דמשגח בן אלא הקב"ה ליבא בעי דכתיב (שמואל א טז, ז) וה' יראה ללבב

Where is he who weighed all the light [comparatively unimportant] and heavy [important] [precepts] of the Torah?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., who can draw conclusions by means of ad majus arguments. ');">²⁴</span> Where is he that counted the towers — who counted three hundred fixed laws on a 'tower flying in the air.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi offers a number of interpretations: (i) who deduced three hundred laws from the upper stroke of the k; (ii) who stated three hundred laws in respect of the defilement of one who enters the land of heathens in a tower-shaped conveyance; (iii) three hundred laws relating to the suspension of a tower in the air by means of enchantment. Another reading is, 'on a tower standing in the air,' i.e., not immediately situated upon the grounds but supported by pillars. The laws will refer to the cleanliness or otherwise of its contents (v. Ohal. IV, 1). ');">²⁵</span>

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