Mesorat%20hashas for Sanhedrin 141:23

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> שמעת מינה בעינן קרא כדכתיב שאני הכא

But if it contains a single <i>mezuzah</i>, this is impossible, because it is written, [And ye shall destroy the names of them — i.e., the idols — …] Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XII, 4. ');">¹⁵</span> R. Jonathan said: I saw it, [a condemned city] and sat upon its ruins. With whom does the following agree: There never was a leprous house [to need destruction], and never will be?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Lev. XIV, 34 et seq. ');">¹⁶</span> Then why was its law written? — That you may study it and receive reward. With whom does it agree? — With R. Eliezer son of R Simeon. For we learnt: R. Eliezer son of R. Simeon said: A house never becomes unclean unless a plague spot appears, the size of two beans, on two stones in two walls, and at the angle of the walls; It must be two beans in length, and one in breadth. Why so? Because the Bible refers to the walls [of the house]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XIV, 37. ');">¹⁷</span> and also to the wall:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 37. ');">¹⁸</span> where is one wall as two? At its angle.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Such a combination of circumstances must be so rare as to amount to an impossibility. ');">¹⁹</span> It has been taught: R. Eliezer son of R. Zadok said: There was a place within a Sabbath's walk<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 2000 cubits out of town. ');">²⁰</span> of Gaza, which was called the leprous ruins. R. Simeon of Kefar Acco<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Caphare Accho in lower Galilee, v. Hildesheimer, Beitrage, p. 81.] ');">²¹</span> said: I once went to Galilee and saw a place, which was marked off, and was told that leprous stones were thrown there! <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. IF ONE OF THEM [HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER] HAD A HAND OR FINGERS CUT OFF, OR WAS LAME, DUMB, BLIND OR DEAF, HE DOES NOT BECOME A 'STUBBORN AND REBELLIOUS SON', BECAUSE IT IS WRITTEN, 'THEN SHALL HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER LAY HOLD ON HIM', — THIS EXCLUDES THOSE WITH HANDS OR FINGERS CUT OFF; 'AND BRING HIM OUT', EXCLUDING LAME PARENTS; 'AND THEY SHALL SAY', EXCLUDING THE DUMB; 'THIS OUR SON', EXCLUDING THE BLIND;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'This our son' implies that they see him. ');">²²</span> 'HE WILL NOT OBEY OUR VOICE, EXCLUDING THE DEAF.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For when they order him, and he replies, they cannot say for certain that he declined to obey them when ordered, even if they subsequently see that their order was disregarded. ');">²³</span> HE IS ADMONISHED IN THE PRESENCE OF THREE AND FLAGELLATED. IF HE TRANSGRESSES AGAIN AFTER THIS, HE IS TRIED BY A COURT OF TWENTY THREE, AND CANNOT BE SENTENCED TO STONING UNLESS THE FIRST THREE ARE PRESENT, BECAUSE IT IS WRITTEN, 'THIS OUR SON', IMPLYING, 'THIS ONE WHO WAS WHIPPED IN YOUR PRESENCE'. <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. This proves that the Bible must be taken literally as it is written!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra 45b. ');">²⁴</span> — [No; for] here it is different,

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