Commentary for Sotah 69:3
(במדבר יג, ל) ויהס כלב את העם אל משה אמר רבה שהסיתן בדברים
R. Johanan said<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Gemara inserts here: mnemonic — truth, alone, interment. These are keywords to assist in remembering the sequence of the passages treated. ');"><sup>5</sup></span> in the name of R. Meir, Any piece of slander, which has not some truth in the beginning, will not endure in the end.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On that account the report opened with a true description of the land's fertility. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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