Jewish%20thought for Sanhedrin 223:3
ת"ש הדיחוה נשים וקטנים אמאי ליהוי כהודחו מאליהן הנך בתר נפשייהו גרידי הני בתר נשים וקטנים גרידי:
UNLESS THE MAJORITY THEREOF ARE SEDUCED. How is this encompassed?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since each individual's offence must be attested by two witnesses and preceded by a formal warning, how is it possible for a whole town to be treated so simultaneously? ');"><sup>5</sup></span> R. Judah said: We judge and imprison, judge and imprison.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If a few are observed practising idolatry, they are tried and sentenced; but instead of being executed, they are imprisoned. Then others are similarly treated, and the process is repeated until a majority have thus been sentenced. Then they are all tried together, and the place declared a condemned city. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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