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Aderet Eliyahu

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1. Deuteronomy.7.15.1

   All illness and all the harmful disease. Illness refers to one who falls sick in bed, even though no specific part of his body hurts him. Disease refers to pain in a certain part of the body, while the rest of the body is healthy.

2. Deuteronomy.16.19.3

   Blinds the eyes of the wise [chachamim]: Yet in Shemos (23:8) the parallel verse states, “Blind the eyes of the pikchim. The word “wise” means wise in Torah. Pikchim means in worldly affairs, so that they will be able to cross-examine the witnesses. A judge must be proficient in both types of knowledge.

Yalkut, Sifsei Chachomim Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009. Via Sefaria (sefaria.org), Sefaria-Export. Version source: https://www.nli.org.il/he/books/NNL_ALEPH002691623 Licence: CC-BY. Source.