Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Sanhedrin 31:13

והאי תנא תרי קראי למה לי חד לצואה בעלמא וחד לעשייה ואידך א"כ לכתוב או גדול גדול או קשה קשה מאי גדול ומאי קשה שמע מינה תרתי

An objection is raised: A great matter [means] 'a difficult<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'hard'. ');"><sup>23</sup></span> case'. You say, 'a difficult case'; but perhaps it is not so, the meaning being 'the matters of the great man'? Since Scripture states further on, Hard causes [difficult cases] they brought unto Moses,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XVIII, 26. ');"><sup>24</sup></span>

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