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Sanhedrin 074: Nine Jews...
aurel littmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked:
The Gemara on 74b asks "If there are nine Yisraelim and one Nochri, what
is the law? It answers that we learn from a Gezeirah Shavah "Toch-Toch"
that there must be ten Jews.
what was special about 9-1? Either we need 10 Yisraelim or 9 and metzaref
the Shchina--but where does a single eino-Yehudi come into play?
aurel littmann, brooklyn,ny
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The Kollel replies:
The ARUCH LA'NER writes that the Gemara originally thought that the
requirement of ten people was based on logical grounds only. Therefore,
although we surely need Yisraelim, perhaps a non-Jew could be the tenth man
(since most of the group are Yisraelim). The Gemara concludes that we learn
that ten people are considered "b'Farhesya" from a Pasuk, and therefore all
ten must be Yisraelim.
D. Zupnik
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