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Sifrei on Deuteronomy

Sifrei Devarim 280

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English · Shraga Silverstein

(Devarim 24:16) "Fathers shall not be put to death by cause of sons": What is Scripture coming to teach us? That fathers shall not be put to death because of (the sins of) the sons, and sons, because of (the sins of) the fathers? This is written (Ibid.) "Every man for his own sin shall be put to death." The intent is rather that fathers shall not be put to death by the testimony of sons, and sons, by the testimony of fathers.

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English · Shraga Silverstein

"and sons": to include the kin (as invalid for such testimony.) They are: his brothers, the brothers of his father and the brothers of his mother, the husband of his sister, the husband of his father's sister, the husband of his mother's sister, his father-in-law, and his brother-in-law.

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English · Shraga Silverstein

"Every man for his own sin shall be put to death (by beth-din)": Adults die for their own sins; minors (sometimes) die (at the hands of Heaven) for the sins of their fathers.

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