Commentary for Keritot 47:27

אמר רבי כרוספדאי אמר ר' יוחנן

whose witnesses were proved to be 'plotters', whosoever takes hold of the property thereof is its legal owner? - In the beguiled city there are a multitude of people and each of them thinks, even though I did not sin others might have sinned,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., although he was sure that he did not sin the city might still be destroyed because of the other inhabitants. V. Sanh. IIIb.');">¹³</span>

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