Quoting%20commentary for Nedarim 75:13

אמר רבא גדול מה שנאמר בשמואל יותר משנאמר במשה דאילו במשה רבינו כתיב לא חמור אחד מהם נשאתי דאפילו בשכר ואילו גבי שמואל אפילו ברצון לא שכרו דכתיב (שמואל א יב, ד) ויאמרו לא עשקתנו ולא רצותנו וגו'

Now, it was taught: The tablss [sic, tables] were six [handbreadths] in length, six in breadth, and three in thickness.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' These would be extremely heavy and require great strength to handle. ');">²⁴</span> Wealthy, [as it is written] Hew thee, [interpreted] the chips be thine. Wise: for Rab and Samuel both said, Fifty gates of understanding were created in the world, and all but one were given to Moses, for it is said, For thou hast made him [sc. Moses] a little lower than God.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. VIII, 6. ');">²⁵</span>

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