Mesorat%20hashas for Yoma 23:1
והא דכרכים והא דכפרים
the first teaching referring to big cities, the second to villages.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the metropolis people from many cities assemble in the synagogue, it therefore seems to belong to everybody, i.e., to nobody, whilst in the villages those who attend are known to all, being like partners in the synagogue (Rashi) .');"><sup>1</sup></span> But are synagogues in big cities really not subject to uncleanness from house plagues? Has it not been taught: 'In the house of the land of your possession,'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XIV, 34.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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