Why the Death Penalty Was Almost Never Carried Out
Why the Death Penalty Was Almost Never Carried Out
Part of Makkos · 1:29
A short piece on the rarity of actual capital punishment in halacha, and the four canonical methods of execution with their exceptions.
Audio Transcript
somebody to die. And like you saw in the video that the guy said the Rebbe told him that to kill somebody once in 70 years is called a Beit Din... why? Because it's very hard to kill somebody. In order to kill him you've got to be the guy does it 讘诪讝讬讚, and you warn him, and he doesn't care. It's a very terrible guy. That's why how bad can it be, so very seldom. And on him we say 讘专讜专 诇讜 诪讬- 讜讗讛讘转 诇专注讱 讻诪讜讱. That's what they... So I figure that even for a real prior guy, a real 专砖注 诪专讜砖注, who 讘砖注转 he was killing or whatever he didn't care, it's just... 诪讬诇讛 砖诇 讗讘专讛诐... 注讚 诪转讬... 讚讜专讜转 转诪专... Take what's... One of the shitot in where it starts. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Someone just gave me this... Say what, a small booklet? Yeah. So you have you have to... I didn't look at it, okay. And from the 诪讬诇讛 砖诇 讗讘专讛诐... Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. Zogt di Gemara vayter, see sometimes the Gemara is different. This is a joke: 讜讗讛讘转 诇专注讱 讻诪讜讱, 讘专讜专 诇讜 诪讬转讛 讬驻讛. You love your friend? Make sure you kill him, kill him well. Some people taste like that. Did they use this this 诪讬转讛? Wait, there is one of the 讚' 诪讬转讜转. No, but did they ever... It
never happened? It doesn't say... Nah, two things it says never happened: 讘谉 住讜专专 讜诪讜专讛 and 注讬专 讛谞讚讞转, but other things it didn't say. I don't know if it's often. This means kill him in ways that are hurting the least. Right. In other words, if you have a choice which way to...