Sanhedrin 66b

סנהדרין ס״ו ע״ב

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Topic

The conditions for סקילה with a נערה המאורסה, whether both parties must be equally punishable, and רבי's reading of 'תחל' for a בת כהן.

Overview

The amud opens by finishing an earlier discussion: the extra letter in 'לא תקלל' teaches two prohibitions. Then a new משנה teaches that a man who sleeps with a נערה המאורסה gets סקילה only if she is a נערה, a בתולה, a מאורסה, and still in her father's house. If two men sleep with her, the first gets סקילה and the second gets חנק. רב says this משנה follows רבי מאיר, who leaves out a קטנה, and רבינא proves it from the words 'עד שתהא'. רב rules that according to רבי מאיר, a man who sleeps with a betrothed קטנה loses only סקילה and still gets חנק. He is challenged from 'ומתו גם שניהם' and stays silent. The גמרא explains that this is a dispute between רבי יאשיה and רבי יונתן, and shows how each one uses the other's פסוק. Finally, רבי reads 'כי תחל' about a בת כהן as 'first', and two אמוראים explain him differently: as following רבי ישמעאל or as following רבי מאיר. The last question, what רבי's 'וכן' means according to רב יוסף, is answered on the next amud.

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The steps (25)

1. ConclusionThe extra letter in the word for cursing teaches two prohibitions
2. StatementThe conditions for the death penalty of a betrothed young woman
3. StatementWhen two men sleep with her, they get different punishments
4. StatementA ברייתא explains what each condition leaves out
5. StatementThe משנה follows רבי מאיר, but חכמים include a minor
6. ChallengeHow do we know the משנה follows רבי מאיר?
7. ResolutionThe words 'until she is' prove it is רבי מאיר
8. QuestionAccording to רבי מאיר, is a man who sleeps with a betrothed קטנה fully exempt?
9. Responseרב: he is only spared סקילה
10. Challenge'They shall both die' requires both to be equal, and רב is silent
11. QuestionWhy did רב stay silent?
12. ResponseIt is an argument between תנאים
13. QuestionWhat does רבי יונתן learn from 'both shall die'?
14. Responseרבא: it excludes מעשה חידודים
15. ResponseWhy רבי יאשיה doesn't need that lesson
16. QuestionWhat does רבי יאשיה learn from 'alone'?
17. Responseרבי יאשיה uses 'לבדו' for the case of ten men
18. Statementרבי reads 'תחל' as 'first'
19. QuestionWhat does רבי mean?
20. Responseרבי holds like רבי ישמעאל: only an ארוסה is burned
21. QuestionWhy does רבי say 'likewise'?
22. ResponseBoth פסוקים speak of first intercourse
23. RejectionMy teacher did not explain it that way
24. Responseרבי follows רבי מאיר: burning only if her sin is what first profanes her
25. QuestionSo how does 'and likewise' fit now?