*9.5 Makkos Daf 07 A (Middle)*

*9.5 Makkos Daf 07 A (Middle)**Summary*We learned in the mishna (9.2) that *a sanhedrin can be established anywhere.**Question:* What is the *source?**Answer: Beraisa:* “The _passuk_ says ‘for all generations *in all your dwellings’* . But there is a different _passuk_ that says *‘In your (city)* gates’ - This teaches that *in Eretz Yisroel* there should be a sanhedrin *in every district* overseeing all the *_sanhedrins_ in each town. Outside of Eretz Yisroel* there is a sanhedrin in each district but *not in every town.”*We learned in the mishna (9.3) that a Sanhedrin that *killed once in seven years* is called a cruel Sanhedrin. *Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah:* A Sanhedrin that *killed once in seventy years.**Question: What does Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah mean?* Is once in seventy years also considered cruel, or is that normal?*Answer: Teiku**Rabbi Akiva* and *Rabbi Tarfon* in the mishna (9.3) said: Had we merited being in the Sanhedrin, *no one would ever have been killed.**Question: What would they have done?**Rabbi Yochanan* and *Rabbi Elazar:* In a murder case they would ask “Perhaps the victim was *already mortally ill* before he was killed”.*Rav Ashi:* Even if you see that the *corpse seems complete; perhaps he had a hole in his heart before* he was stabbed!_(Tosfos asks that this contradicts a gemara in Chullin which states that we need not speculate in that direction, since most people are healthy)._ 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