Commentary for Sanhedrin 160:9
התם רבנן הוא דקאמרו ליה לר"ש לדידך דאמרת שריפה חמורה לא סקילה חמורה
How then should I teach it'? The son replied, 'Thus: IF CRIMINALS CONDEMNED TO STONING [BECAME MIXED UP] WITH OTHERS CONDEMNED TO BURNING, — R. SIMEON SAID, THEY ARE STONED, BECAUSE BURNING IS SEVERER.' If so, consider the second clause, BUT THE SAGES SAY, THEY ARE BURNED, BECAUSE STONING IS MORE SEVERE. But does it not follow from the fact that the majority are to be burnt? — There the Rabbis oppose R. Simeon: You say, burning is severer; but that is not so, for stoning is severer.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But their ruling could be deduced from the fact that the majority are to be burnt. ');"><sup>9</sup></span>
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