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Elbridge Gerry of New York, grandson of another Elbridge Gerry who signed the Declaration of Independence and became the fifth vice president of the United States

Sanhedrin 52: ומדליק את הפתילה

jyungar February 7, 2025

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Our daf is particularly difficult to read. It describes the critical steps of executions and the deaths of those sentenced to death. Our daf presents these morbid description in a few distinct categories with a number of Mishnayot.

The rabbis note that each of these methods of execution are named mitzvot. This is because they are commandments and thus good things to do. Clearly the rabbis also have some discomfort with the descriptions of executions as positive things.

Weexplore early American methods of execution.

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This is Julian Ungar-Sargon's personal website. It contains poems, essays, and podcasts for the spiritual seeker and interdisciplinary aficionado.​