1)

What are the implications of the suffix "Kol Shelalah"?

1.

Sanhedrin, 111b: It precludes Sh'lal Shamayim, incorporating a. Kodshei Bedek ha'Bayis, 1 which must be redeemed, b. T'rumos, which must be left to rot and c. Ma'aser Sheini money and Kisvei Kodesh, which must be placed in Genizah.

2.

Sanhedrin, 112a: It precludes deposits that the residents took from outsiders - even if they accepted responsibility for them.


1

Whereas Kodshei Mizbe'ach must die. See Torah Temimah, note 54.

2)

What is the word "Kol <i>Shelalah" coming to include?

1.

Sanhedrin, 112a: It includes the property of resident Resha'im that is outside the town - provided it can be brought into the town when it is burned. 1


1

See Torah Temimah, note 55.

3)

What is the Din regarding the hair of the Resha'im who have been killed? Is one obligated to shave it off and burn it?

1.

Sanhedrin, 112a: "Tikbotz ... Ve'sarafta" implies that the property that needs to be burned requires only collecting and burning, to exclude property that also requires detaching. 1


1

And by the same token, fruit that is still attached to the tree (and crops that are attached to the ground) are permitted. See Torah Temimah, note 57.

4)

What if the town does not have a town-square?

1.

Sanhedrin, 111b: "El Toch Rechovah" teaches us a. that if an Ir ha'Nidachas does have a town-square, then one is obligated to create one - in order to burn the property in it, and b. that in the event that it does have a town-square - but that it is not in the center of town, then one is obligated to move it to the center of town. 1


1

See Torah Temimah, note 58.

5)

Why must the residents' property be burned in the town-square?

1.

Oznayim la'Torah: Perhaps it is so that everyone would see it being burned - to prevent anybody from helping himself to the spoil.

6)

Why does the Torah insert the (otherwise superfluous) words "Kalil la'Hashem Elokecha"?

1.

Rashi: To teach us that the town should be burned for the sake of Hashem, [and not because of personal hatred]. 1

2.

Sanhedrin, 111b: To teach us that, if Beis-Din carries out the Din on an Ir ha'Nidachas it is considered as if they have brought up an Olah before Hashem. 2


1

Refer also to 13:5:5:3.

2

SeeTorah Temimah, note 59.

7)

Why does the Torah insert the (otherwise superfluous) word "Lo Sibaneh Od"?

1.

Sanhedrin, 111b: To extrapolate that it may not be rebuilt as it was, but that one may turn it into gardens and orchards. 1


1

SeeTorah Temimah, note 60.

8)

Why is the entire city burned?

1.

Da'as Zekenim: To make it clear that it was 1 destroyed le'Shem Shamayim, and not in order to benefit from their money.


1

Refer to 13:17:1:1.

9)

Seeing as "Shelalah" precludes Sh'll Shamayim from being burnt, what happens to the Tefilin and Mezuzos of an Ir ha'Nidachas?

1.

Refer to 13:17:1:1.

2.

Sanhedrin 71a (citing R. Eliezer): If there is any Sh'lal Shamayim in the town - Tefilin [or a Mezuzah], since it cannot be burnt, the town cannot become an Ir ha'Nidachas. Consequently, there never was an Ir ha'Nidachas, and never will be, and the Torah inserts it only for us to Darshen it and to learn from it. 1


1

Sanhedrin 71a (citing: R. Yonason): 'I sat on the trash-heap of an Ir ha'Nidachas'. Refer also to 21:20:152:1* and to Vayikra 14:37:151:3*.

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