Mesorat%20hashas for Sanhedrin 221:2

(ישעיהו ה, יד) לכן הרחיבה שאול נפשה ופערה פיה לבלי חוק אמר ר"ל למי שמשייר אפי' חוק אחד א"ר יוחנן לא ניחא למרייהו דאמרת להו הכי אלא אפי' לא למד אלא חוק אחד

Resh Lakish said: [It means] for him who leaves undone even a single statute.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Giving [H], translated 'measure', its usual meaning. Maharsha softens the severity of this statement by referring it to one whose evil deeds would be exactly counterbalanced by good deeds — in which case he would be saved from Gehenna — had he but fulfilled one more precept. But R. Johanan observed that even this is too harsh. ');">⁴</span> R. Johanan said to him: It is not pleasing to their Master<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Israel's. ');">⁵</span> that you say thus to them. But [say], who has not studied even a single statute.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But the study of a single statute saves one from Gehenna. ');">⁶</span>

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