[Avodah] Two Luchos

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 01:34:49PM -0400, Prof. Levine wrote to Areivim:
>                                             [A]s RSRH points out, five of 
> the Aseres Ha Dibris are bein Adam L'Makom and five and bein Adom the 
> Chaveiro and each tablet was the *same size*!

R' Yechiel Perr (RY Far Rockaway) said he heard R Matisyahu Solomon say
the following, and I found it in the Mabit...

The luchos had very different numbers of words. The Mabit says this is
because the words on the second luach were written much larger than those
on the first. Each diberah took up the same area, the shorter text was
simply written larger.

Picture what the effect was when Moshe brought down the luchos. The
diberos bein adam lachaveiro were visible much further away, in a huge
font. Only once you got closer could you make out those bein adam laMaqom.
The first impression, though, was BALC.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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