Commentary for Sukkah 105:8

לוי אחוי קידה קמיה דרבי ואיטלע והא גרמא ליה והאמר רבי אלעזר לעולם אל יטיח אדם דברים כלפי מעלה שהרי אדם גדול הטיח דברים כלפי מעלה ואיטלע ומנו לוי הא והא גרמא ליה

Levi showed a Kidah in the presence of Rabbi and he became lame. But was this the cause? Did not R. Elazar state: One should never cast reproach against Heaven, for a great man cast reproach against Heaven and was as a result rendered lame. And who was he? Levi? Both this and that were the cause [of his lameness].

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