Mesorat%20hashas for Yoma 46:1
אינה מביאה עגלה ערופה ועוד (דברים כא, א) לא נודע מי הכהו כתיב והא נודע מי הכהו אלא כדי להרבות בבכיה
it does not have to bring a heifer whose neck is to be broken.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sot. 45a.');"><sup>1</sup></span> Furthermore: And it be not known who hath smitten him but here it is known who has smitten him? -Rather [he put his question rhetorically] to increase the weeping.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To make them conscious of the horrible nature of the deed perpetrated.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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