Pisqa’ 94190H:142-143; JN1:248-249. 1. “Then you must utterly strike down with the sword’s blade” (Dt.13:16). On what basis do we know that if you are unable to execute [the inciter] with the method stipulated for his crime [i.e., beheading], then you must execute him with any of the other methods, [e.g., strangulation, burning, or stoning,] whether the methods are for lesser or greater crimes?191//T.San.12:6. The Teaching states: “Then you must utterly strike down” (Dt.13:16). On what basis do we know that if he’s escaped your hand [with his life], he has not escaped my hand? The Teaching states: “Then you must utterly strike down” (Dt.13:16)— [anyone can take his life].
On this basis they taught: we do not permit the children to survive192Cf. T.San.14:3. Abba Hanan says: “The fathers shall not die because of the children nor children be put to death because of their fathers” (Dt.24:16)— Scripture here speaks about the condemned city.193This passage is missing in most mss (F:155, n..4), but summarizes the counter-opinion of R. Akiva at T. San.14:3. “Then you must utterly strike down the residents of that city” (Dt.13:16)— but not the residents of another city. On this basis they taught: a mule train or a camel caravan that migrates from place to place, indeed, they spare the city.194=M. San.10:5 “With the sword’s blade” (Dt.13:16)— this means, use the flat part of the blade so as not to disfigure their corpses.195Cf. T. San.14:6.
“And everything that is in it” (Dt.13:16)— including the property of the Righteous which is within it. On this basis they taught: The property of the Righteous which is within it is lost, but what is beyond it is rescued. As for the property of the Wicked, whether within it or beyond it, it is lost.196=M.San.10:5.
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וְאֶת בְּהֶמְתָּהּ – וְלֹא בֶּהֱמַת הֶקְדֵּשׁ.
“As well as its cattle” (Dt.13:16)— but not cattle that has been consecrated.197//T. San.14:5. Any animals designated for sacrifice may be spared.
(דברים יג טז) הַכֵּה תַכֶּה, מִנַּיִן לֹא יָכֹלְתָּ לַהֲמִיתוֹ בַּמִּיתָה הָאֲמוּרָה בּוֹ, הֲמִיתוֹ בְּאַחַת מִכָּל מִיתוֹת הָאֲמוּרוֹת בֵּין קַלּוֹת בֵּין חֲמוּרוֹת? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: הַכֵּה תַכֶּה. מִנַּיִן יָצָא יָדְךָ לֹא יָצָא יָדִי? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: הַכֵּה תַכֶּה.
Pisqa’ 94190H:142-143; JN1:248-249.
1. “Then you must utterly strike down with the sword’s blade” (Dt.13:16).
On what basis do we know that
if you are unable to execute [the inciter]
with the method stipulated for his crime
[i.e., beheading],
then you must execute him with
any of the other methods,
[e.g., strangulation, burning, or stoning,]
whether the methods are for
lesser or greater crimes?191//T.San.12:6.
The Teaching states:
“Then you must utterly strike down” (Dt.13:16).
On what basis do we know that
if he’s escaped your hand [with his life],
he has not escaped my hand?
The Teaching states:
“Then you must utterly strike down” (Dt.13:16)—
[anyone can take his life].
אֶת יוֹשְׁבֵי הָעִיר הַהִיא,
2. “The residents of that city” (Dt.13:16).
מִכָּן אָמְרוּ: אֵין מְקַיְּמִים אֶת הַטְּפָלִים. אַבָּא חָנָן אוֹמֵר (דברים כד טז): ״לֹא יוּמְתוּ אָבוֹת עַל בָּנִים״ – בְּעִיר הַנִּדַּחַת הַכָּתוּב מְדַבֵּר. הַכֵּה תַכֶּה אֶת יֹשְׁבֵי הָעִיר הַהִיא – וְלֹא יוֹשְׁבֵי עִיר אַחֶרֶת. מִכָּן אָמְרוּ: הַחַמֶּרֶת וְהַגַּמֶּלֶת הָעוֹבֶרֶת מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם – הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ מַצִּילִים אוֹתָהּ. לְפִי חָרֶב – לְתוֹךְ פִּיהָ שֶׁל חֶרֶב, שֶׁלֹּא תְנַוְּלֵם.
On this basis they taught:
we do not permit the children to survive192Cf. T.San.14:3.
Abba Hanan says:
“The fathers shall not die because of the children
nor children be put to death because of their fathers” (Dt.24:16)—
Scripture here speaks about the condemned city.193This passage is missing in most mss (F:155, n..4), but summarizes the counter-opinion of R. Akiva at T. San.14:3.
“Then you must utterly strike down the residents of that city” (Dt.13:16)—
but not the residents of another city.
On this basis they taught:
a mule train or a camel caravan
that migrates from place to place,
indeed, they spare the city.194=M. San.10:5
“With the sword’s blade” (Dt.13:16)—
this means, use the flat part of the blade
so as not to disfigure their corpses.195Cf. T. San.14:6.
הַחֲרֵם אֹתָהּ – פְּרָט לְנִכְסֵי צַדִּיקִים שֶׁבְּחוּצָה לָהּ.
“Lay waste to it” (Dt.13:16)—
with the exception of the property of the Righteous
which is beyond it.
וְאֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר בָּהּ – לְרַבּוֹת נִכְסֵי צַדִּיקִים שֶׁבְּתוֹכָהּ. מִיכָּן אָמְרוּ: נִכְסֵי צַדִּיקִים שֶׁבְּתוֹכָהּ אוֹבְדִים וְשֶׁבְּחוּצָה לָהּ פּוֹלְטִים, וְשֶׁל רְשָׁעִים בֵּין מִתּוֹכָהּ וּבֵין מִבְּחוּצָה לָהּ אוֹבְדִים.
“And everything that is in it” (Dt.13:16)—
including the property of the Righteous
which is within it.
On this basis they taught:
The property of the Righteous
which is within it is lost,
but what is beyond it is rescued.
As for the property of the Wicked,
whether within it or beyond it,
it is lost.196=M.San.10:5.
וְאֶת בְּהֶמְתָּהּ – וְלֹא בֶּהֱמַת הֶקְדֵּשׁ.
“As well as its cattle” (Dt.13:16)—
but not cattle that has been consecrated.197//T. San.14:5. Any animals designated for sacrifice may be spared.