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The verse states: “He shall be stoned [sakol yissakel ],” with the doubled verb form indicating that the halakha applies in all places and at all times.
§ The Mishnah teaches that if the condemned party does not die from his fall, the second witness takes the stone that had been prepared for this task and casts it on his chest. The Talmud asks: Does the witness take the stone by himself? But isn’t it taught in a baraita that R' Shimon ben Elazar say
Rather, both the Mishnah and the baraita should be explained as follows: The second witness lifts the stone together with the other witness, but then the second witness alone casts it so that it should fall with force upon the condemned party’s chest, as two people working together cannot aim their
The Mishnah teaches: And if the condemned party does not die with the first stone, then his stoning is completed by all of the Jewish people. The Talmud raises a difficulty: But isn’t it taught in a baraita: Never did a person repeat the stoning, as the condemned party always died with the first sto
The Master said in the baraita that a stone was there, indicating that a special stone was kept in the place of stoning and used time and time again for this purpose. The Talmud asks: But isn’t it taught in a baraita: The stone with which the condemned party was stoned and the tree on which his corp