Musar for Sotah 67:11
פליגי בה רבי אמי ורבי יצחק נפחא חד אמר לדברי רבי יהודה
or alternatively that they did not have a share in the plan.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The bringing of the fruit was part of the plan to discourage the community. They would judge from its size what must be the stature of the inhabitants. ');"><sup>20</sup></span> R. Ammi and R. Isaac the smith differ in opinion. One said: According to the statement of R. Judah,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the water was twelve mil in height. ');"><sup>21</sup></span>
Shenei Luchot HaBerit
[The author digresses here to explain the symbolism of different kinds of water, and how the "wrong" kind of "water," or water which has not been put in the service of the right side of the emanations, will prove destructive, fatal. He also refers to the river Dinor a river of fire mentioned in the Book of Daniel which, according to Kabbalistic teachings, serves as a ritual bath for the souls once they emerge from judgment in purgatory. I am skipping most of this excursion into deep mysticism. Ed.]
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