Commentary for Sanhedrin 90:24

במאי קא מיפלגי רבנן דרשי כללי ופרטי רבי אליעזר דריש ריבויי ומיעוטי

I might think that all who are put to death are to be hanged: therefore Scripture states, For he is hanged [because of] a curse against God.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] (E.V. For he that is hanged is a reproach unto God,) is so interpreted by the Mishnah, i.e., he was a blasphemer. ');">⁴⁶</span> Just as the blasphemer in question is executed by stoning, so all who are stoned [must be subsequently hanged]: this is R. Eliezer's view. But the Sages say: Just as the blasphemer in question denied the fundamental principle [of faith].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the unity of God. ');">⁴⁷</span>

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