Commentary for Yoma 83:2
אמר ר' יוחנן פליגי בה ר"ש בן חלפתא ורבנן בפרה חד אמר משקל עשרה וחד אמר משקל שקל וסימניך אחד המרבה ואחד הממעיט
As a mnemotechnic [sign use]:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ber. 5b.');"><sup>1</sup></span> 'Whether one gives much, or one gives little'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The usual meaning: Whether one gives much or little, the main matter is that he direct his heart to our Father who is in heaven, is irrelevant here, the accent being put, for mnemotechnic reasons, on: the one (stands for) much, the other for little, i.e., one of the disputants ascribes the maximum, the other the minimum weight.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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