(א) שלש אמות אמ"ש יסודן כף חובה וכף זכות ולשון חק מכריע בינתים:
(1) The three mothers [letters] Aleph, Mem, Shin. Their foundation is an open palm [pan of a scale] of culpability and an open palm [pan] of merit, and the language [tongue] of judgment decides between them.
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