Commentary for Sanhedrin 160:3
כל חייבי מיתות: ש"מ מותרה לדבר חמור הוי מותרה לדבר קל
IF A NUMBER OF CONDEMNED PERSONS DIFFERING IN THEIR DEATH SENTENCES ETC. … [THEY ARE EXECUTED BY THE MOST LENIENT DEATH]. This proves that a warning of a greater penalty is ipso facto a warning for a smaller one too!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For each culprit must have been warned, and presumably, the warning had stated to which manner of death he would be liable. Since the Mishnah rules that they are all executed by the most lenient death, it follows that the warning in respect of a particular death is regarded as a warning in respect of an easier death too. Otherwise, they could not be executed. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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