Commentary for Sanhedrin 105:2

אמר רבא ארבע מיתות גמרא גמירי להו

— Raba replied: It is a traditionthat there are four deaths. Why does R. Jonathan say, 'not because strangulationis the most lenient death'? — Because his dispute with R. Josiah is on thesame lines as that of R. Simeon and theRabbis.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As to which is the easiest death (v. supra 50b). R. Jonathan maintaining that strangulation is not the easiest. ');">²</span>

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