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Sanhedrin 52: Dignity Even in Being Put to Death
Season 24 Episode 52
3 mishnayot! On the details of the process of the executions: burning, stoning, strangulation, respectively. Along with several rabbinic disputes alo…
1 year, 5 months ago
Sanhedrin 51: The Bad End of the Kohen's Daughter
Season 24 Episode 51
The death sentence for one who desecrates Shabbat (intentionally, with witnesses and warning) - stoning or burning? (the conclusion is stoning, but t…
1 year, 5 months ago
Sanhedrin 50: Why Ranking the Severity of the 4 Executions Matters
Season 24 Episode 50
Coming back to the order of the death sentences of the court - descending order of severity: stoning, burning, beheading, and strangulation, plus the…
1 year, 5 months ago
Sanhedrin 49: A Hierarchy of Deaths
Season 24 Episode 49
Finishing chapter 6: King David's minister of defense, Yoav, who did not rebel against the king (in contrast to the other discussions of those who di…
1 year, 5 months ago
Sanhedrin 48: Kingly vs. Courtly Executions
Season 24 Episode 48
A dispute between Abaye and Rava whether designating an item - in this case, a shroud - is sufficient to prohibit it from common use, or whether that…
1 year, 5 months ago
Sanhedrin 47: The Curative Graves of the Sages
Season 24 Episode 47
If a person ate of the forbidden fats, he needs to bring a sin-offering to atone for it. But if he decides to stop observing the mitzvot between the …
1 year, 5 months ago
Sanhedrin 46: From the Executed to the Mourners
Season 24 Episode 46
More on the issue of putting only one condemned person to death on one day, with discussion over whether the same violation and the same kind of exec…
1 year, 5 months ago
Sanhedrin 45: Even the Worst Sinner Is Human
Season 24 Episode 45
A daf of (essentially) 3 mishnayot, with the Gemara thereon. 1. When the person to be executed was near to the place of stoning, they would strip the…
1 year, 5 months ago
Sanhedrin 44: Brazen before God
Season 24 Episode 44
More on Achan and Joshua... which leads to a comparison between Moses and Joshua -- and Pinchas, in terms of negotiating or litigating before God. Jo…
1 year, 5 months ago
Sanhedrin 43: Confessions
Season 24 Episode 43
A page with 2 mishnayot! But first - more on the process of capital punishment, and specifically towards execution. Including, for example, who's pro…
1 year, 5 months ago