Mesorat%20hashas for Sanhedrin 217:17

אמרי דאית ליה חד תורא מרעי חד יומא דלית ליה לירעי תרי יומי ההוא יתמא בר ארמלתא הבו ליה תורי למרעיה אזל שקלינהו וקטלינהו אמר להו

When R. Jose died, the gutters of Sepphoris ran with blood.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' An expression denoting the great loss that was felt. — This is really irrelevant here, but that R. Jose has just been mentioned (Rashi). ');">³²</span> [Reverting to the misdeeds of the Sodomites] they ruled: He who has [only] one ox must tend [all the oxen of the town] for one day; but he who has none must tend [them] two days.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This was a measure of oppression against the poor. ');">³³</span> Now a certain orphan, the son of a widow, was given oxen to tend. He went and killed then' and [then] said to them [the Sodomites],

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