Quoting%20commentary for Bava Batra 156:11

אמר רב פפא דאמר ליה חמור מניקה ופרה מניקה אני מוכר לך בשלמא פרה איכא למימר לחלבה בעי לה אלא חמור מאי קא"ל שמע מינה היא ובנה קאמר ליה ואמאי קרי ליה סיח שמהלך אחר סיחה נאה

[means] those who rule their evil inclinations. <i>Come Heshbon</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. [H] is rendered reckoning' from [H]. ');">²⁹</span> [means,] come, let us consider the account of the world; the loss incurred by the fulfilment of a precept against the reward secured by its observance, and the gain gotten by a transgression against the loss it involves.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Aboth, II, 2. ');">³⁰</span> <i>Thou shalt be built and thou shalt be established</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. [H] may be taken as second person singular masc. (as interpreted here) as well as third pers. sing. fem. (as E.V.). ');">³¹</span>

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