Commentary for Sanhedrin 57:31

מאי שנא מסית אמר ר' חמא בר חנינא מפירקיה דרבי חייא בר אבא שמיע לי שאני מסית דרחמנא אמר (דברים יג, ט) לא תחמול ולא תכסה עליו

cautioned?Rab Judah said: We admonish them thus: As vapours and wind without rain,so is he that boasteth himself of a falsegift.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. XXV, 14. I.e., just as abundant and seasonable rain is promised as a reward for faithfully keeping the commandments, so the iniquity of the people is the cause of the withholding of the rain, cf. Ta'an. 7b Thus the witnesses are warned that, by their false evidence, they may cause drought. ');">²⁷</span>

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