To what does all the foregoing apply? To voluntary wars, but in the wars commanded by the Torah all go forth even a bridegroom from his Chamber and a bride from her canopy. R. Judah says: to what does all the foregoing apply? To the wars commanded by the Torah; but in obligatory wars all go forth, even a bridegroom from his Chamber and a bride from her canopy. |
סוטה 8.7 |
[The declaration over] the heifer whose neck is to be broken must be in the Holy Tongue; as it is said, if one be found slain in the earth... then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth. Three used to go forth from the Supreme Court in Jerusalem; R. Judah says: five, as it is stated, thy elders, i.e., two, `and thy judges` i.e., two, and since a court of justice cannot consist of an even number, they add one more. |
סוטה 9.1 |
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