Commentary for Sanhedrin 31:2

עולא אמר רבי אלעזר בבאין על עסקי נחלות וכתחילתה של ארץ ישראל מה תחילתה שבעים ואחד אף כאן שבעים ואחד

means the delinquencies of the great man;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the High Priest ([H] lit., 'great priest'), v. infra, and 18b. ');">³</span> so this one [sc. the head of a tribe] too, is a great man.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who, accordingly, is tried by seventy-one (v. preceding note). ');">⁴</span>

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