Musar for Bava Batra 176:9

וא"ר לוי קשה גזל הדיוט יותר מגזל גבוה שזה הקדים חטא למעילה וזה הקדים מעילה לחטא

— That [Eleh has been written] to exclude<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the expression of 'abomination' has been applied by the Pentateuchal text to both false measures and forbidden relatives, it might have been thought that the sin of the former is subject to kareth as the latter. Hence the need for the excluding word. ');">²³</span> [the sin of false] measures from the punishment of <i>kareth</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Kareth, [H] (root [H], to cut off'); premature death, at fifty (kareth of years); or sudden death (kareth of days). ');">²⁴</span> [In] what [respect], then are [the punishments for giving false measures] greater<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since it has been said that the punishment of kareth is inflicted only for the sin of marrying forbidden relatives and not for that of false measures. ');">²⁵</span>

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