[Avodah] The Two Tablets

[Micha Berger]

Back to the luchos themselves...

I once repeated here (but can not find it to provide a sheim omero)
an acharon's take on the appearance of the luchos.

The first luach, that with the 5 mitzvos BALM, had far more words on
it than the second luach and its list of 5 mitzvos BALC. Assuming each
text was written to fill the space, this means that the letters on the
second luach were far larger and could be read from a further disance
than those on the first.

So, someone approaching the luchos would first see "Lo Sirtzakh, Lo
Sin'af..." as headlines, and only encounter the mitzvos BALM as details
after that first impression was made.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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