Halakhah for Eruvin 37:8

הכי נמי מסתברא דא"כ קשיא דר"ל אדריש לקיש דאמר ריש לקיש פושעי ישראל אין אור גיהנם שולטת בהן ק"ו ממזבח הזהב

This is no contradiction, since the former<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The statements of R. Joshua b. Levi and R. Jeremiah b. Eleazar.');">²⁴</span> refer to transgressors in Israel and the latter<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That of Resh Lakish.');">²⁵</span> to transgressors among idol worshippers. Logical argument also leads to this conclusion, since otherwise<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'for if so', if Resh Lakish also speaks of transgressors in Israel.');">²⁶</span>

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