Commentary for Sanhedrin 102:15

א"ל ר' ישמעאל אי מה להלן נערה והיא ארוסה אף כאן נערה והיא ארוסה

R. Ishmael said to him:Shall we except this woman [i.e., a nesu'ah from the punishment of strangulation]and impose [the severer penalty of] death by fire, because you interpretthe superfluous '<i>waw</i>' ['and']; if this superfluous wow indicates the inclusionof a nesu'ah, then include an unmarried womantoo;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So the commentary of Hananel; Rashi interprets: if the gezerah shawah (identical use of 'her father' in both passages) indicates the inclusion of a nesu'ah, etc. This interpretation is rather difficult, as R. Akiba did not include nesu'ah through the gezerah shawah. ');">²⁰</span>

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