Commentary for Sanhedrin 222:12

כליל לה' אלהיך אמר ר"ש אמר הקב"ה אם אתם עושין דין בעיר הנדחת מעלה אני עליכם כאילו אתם מעלים עולה כליל לפני

DESTROYING IT UTTERLY, AND ALL THAT IS THEREIN, AND THE CATTLE THEREOF: FROM THIS IT WAS DEDUCED THAT THE PROPERTY OF THE RIGHTEOUS, WHICH IS WITHIN [THE CITY] IS DESTROYED, BUT THAT WHICH IS WITHOUT IS SAVED, WHILST THAT OF THE WICKED, WHETHER WITHIN OR WITHOUT, IS DESTROYED.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is deduced from all. This too is followed by 'as it is said', which is also deleted by the Wilna Gaon (and in both cases Rashi's version seems to lack it too), and for the same reason. ');">²²</span> AND THOU SHALT GATHER ALL THE SPOIL THEREOF IN TO THE MIDST OF THE PUBLIC SQUARE THEREOF ETC.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 17. ');">²³</span>

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