*14.5 Makkos Daf 10 A (10 lines Dn)*

*14.5 Makkos Daf 10 A (10 lines Dn)**Summary*We learned in the mishna (14.2) that there were six sanctuary cities.*Question: Weren’t there more?*The _possuk_ says “Add onto them; *forty two cities”.**Abayye: The original six cities offer sanctuary regardless of the murderer’s intention;* if he’s there, he’s protected. To find refuge in the other forty two cities, he must intentionally flee there.*Challenge: Was Chevron (14.3) a sanctuary city?*The _possuk_ says *“Chevron was given to Kalev”* - so it became his private property, how can it be a sanctuary city?*Abayye: He was only given the outskirts of the city,* the suburbs. As the _possuk_ states, “They gave the fields and the villages surrounding the city to Kalev ben Yefuneh”.*Challenge: Was Kedesh (14.3) a sanctuary city?*The _possuk_ enumerates it among the *fortified cities!**Beraisa:* Sanctuary cities cannot be small villages _[where a goeil hadam can barge in and murder his relative’s murderer undeterred],_ nor big cities _[where the goeil hadam may come for business and encounter his relative’s murderer],_ *only mid-sized towns.**Rav Yosef: There were two cities* named Kedesh.*Rav Ashi* (an alternate explanation): *The fortification was separate from the city;* as in Saleikus and Fort Saleikus See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate