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Nov. 14th, 2017 04:31 pmMishnah Makkos 1:10... A superfamous Mishna (Sefaria's translation)
A Sanhedrin that would execute somebody once in seven years would be considered destructive. Rabbi Elazar Ben Azariah says: "Once in seventy years." Rabbi Tarfon and Rabbi Akiva said: "If we were on the Sanhedrin, nobody would have ever been executed." Rabban Shimon Ben Gamliel said: "They too would have increased violence in Israel."
I've heard this Mishnah a million times. Nobody ever mentions the Rabban Shimon Ben Gamliel part.
A Sanhedrin that would execute somebody once in seven years would be considered destructive. Rabbi Elazar Ben Azariah says: "Once in seventy years." Rabbi Tarfon and Rabbi Akiva said: "If we were on the Sanhedrin, nobody would have ever been executed." Rabban Shimon Ben Gamliel said: "They too would have increased violence in Israel."
I've heard this Mishnah a million times. Nobody ever mentions the Rabban Shimon Ben Gamliel part.