Reference for Sanhedrin 154:1

בשעתיה הכא בלא שרגא נמי מתחיל הבלא בשעתיה:

immediately [he placed him therein];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [By consuming the oxygen, the fire immediately produces effects of asphyxiation, but without fire such effects are not immediately felt.] ');">¹</span>

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