Commentary for Sanhedrin 91:7
אמר להן רבי אליעזר והלא שמעון בן שטח תלה נשים כו': אמר רב חסדא לא שנו אלא בשתי מיתות אבל במיתה אחת דנין והא מעשה דשמעון בן שטח דמיתה אחת הואי וקא אמרו ליה דאין דנין
only of two different deathpenalties,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because where the crimes committed are different, the mitigating circumstances cannot be carefully brought forward to a hasty discussion. ');"><sup>13</sup></span> but if a single modeof execution is involved, they [two charges] may be tried [on the same day].But in the instance of Simeon b. Shetah, only one mode of execution was involved,and yet [the Sages] said to him<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Eliezer, in answer to his remark. ');"><sup>14</sup></span>
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