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DAF DISCUSSIONS - SANHEDRIN 20

Gershon Dubin asked:

Tosafos does not appear to answer his own question about David Hamelech and the field of adashim, only about Ach'av and kerem Navos?

The Kollel replies:

The Aruch la'Ner writes that the question on David was not an independent question; as you pointed out, if it is an independent question then why doesn't Tosfos provide an answer to it? Rather it is brought to support the question of Tosfos on Achav. That is, from the fact that the Sanhedrin allowed David to destroy the field of Adashim it is clear that a Melech can take a whole field and even destroy it; if so why was Achav punished?

D. Zupnik