Commentary for Sanhedrin 105:15

הבא על האם חייב עליה משום אם ומשום אשת אב רבי יהודה אומר אינו חייב אלא משום האם בלבד

But instead of deducingit from the necromancer, etc., deduce it rather from adultery with a marriedwoman [who is strangled], since you may not make a deduction in favour ofa stringent penalty in preference to a lenientone.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For as the same phrase (v. p. 375. n.7 ) occurs in the three places. viz., (i) necromancer etc. (stoning), (ii) married woman (strangulation), and (iii) he that smites his father or mother, the last to be deduced from one of the first two, it follows, that one must incline to leniency. So that even if the deduction were made from the phrase, they shall surely be put to death, it would be still correct to say that one who smites his father or mother is strangled. ');">¹⁵</span>

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