Commentary for Sanhedrin 91:14

ומתירין אותו מיד ואם לן עובר עליו בלא תעשה שנאמר (דברים כא, כג) לא תלין נבלתו על העץ כי קבר תקברנו כי קללת אלהים תלוי וגו' כלומר מפני מה זה תלוי מפני שבירך את השם ונמצא שם שמים מתחלל

&nbsp; &nbsp; <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. <font>HOW IS HEHANGED?</font><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After being stoned. ');">²⁷</span> — THE POST IS SUNKINTO THE GROUND <font>WITH A [CROSS-] PIECE BRANCHING OFF [AT THETOP]</font>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This bears no resemblance at all to crucifixion. Cf. Rabbinowicz, Legislation criminelle du Talmud, p. 111: What a difference between this hanging after death, where the executed man had both his hands tied and did not remain one minute upon the gallows, and the Supplicium, which the Romans inflicted upon Jesus, who was nailed to the cross whilst alive, with his hands on the cross, and left hanging on the gallows all day. ');">²⁸</span>

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