Why does the Torah insert the (otherwise superfluous) phrase "Yatz'u Anashim ... "?
Sanhadrin, 111b: To confine the Din of Ir ha'Nidachas to where the sinners themselves enticed the people to sin, but not where they did so via a Shaliach. 1
Wherever the Torah precludes from the Din of ir ha'Nidachas, the Din of an individual Meisis will apply. See Torah Temimah, note 35.
What are the implications of "Anashim"?
Rashi: It implies men but not women - If the enticers are women, the town does not become an Ir ha'Nidachas.
Sanhedrin, 111b: It precludes women and Ketanim, and precludes where there is only one inciter. 1
See Torah Temimah, note 36.
What is the definition of "B'nei Beliya'al"?
Rashi and Targum Yonasan: The letters spell 'B'li Ol', and it means 'Children (of Hashem) who have cast off the yoke of Heaven from their necks'. 1
Targum Onkelos: ?Wicked people?.
See Torah Temimah, note 37.
What are the connotations of the word "mi'Kirbecha"?
Sanhedrin, 111b: It precludes a border town, which cannot become an Ir ha'Nidachas. 1
Sanhedrin, 111b: It precludes sinners from a different tribe from rendering the town an Ir ha'Nidachas.
For obvious reasons of security. See Torah Temimah, note 38.
What are the implications of "Vayadichu"?
It implies that the Madichim led the people astray - to preclude where the people went astray of their own accord, in which case it does not have the Din of an Ir ha'Nidachas.
Sanhedrin, 89b: It teahes us - via a Gezeirah Shavah 'Hadachah' 'Hadachah' from Meisis - in Pasuk 11, or from a Navi Sheker - in Pasuk 6, that the punishment of the Madichim is Sekilah. 1
Sanhedrin, 111b: It implies that the inhabitants of the Ir ha'Nidachas lose their portion in Olam ha'Ba. 2
What is the definion of ?Yoshvei Iram??
Sanhedrin, 15b: A town of not less than a hundred residents and not more than the majority of the tribe. 1
See Torah Temimah, note 43.
What are the implications of "Yoshvei Iram"?
Rashi: It implies that the Madichim must be residents of the town that they are causing to go astray 1 - but if they are non-residents, the town does not become an Ir ha'Nidachas.
Sanhedrin, 111a: Who led astray the majority of the town's residents. See Torah Temimah, note 45
What are the implications of the word "Leimor"?
