[Avodah] Ben sorer et al

[Joseph Kaplan]

RJR asks: “Has anyone heard a good explanation as to why the gemara sanhedrin does not
say that the argument is resolved by the fact that there is testimony that
each case (ben sorer, bayit hamenuga) did actually occur?”

It always seemed to be that the witness was not being literal because what is the likelihood that he actually saw all the things he said he saw which none of his contemporaries had  heard of. Seeing both a Ben sorer and an ihr hanidachat?!? Really?  Rather, he was making his point — of course there were such things if the Torah spends so many pesukim describing how to deal with them — in a very string though metaphorical way. 

Joseph
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