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https://yahadut.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/02-07-05.jpeg16201080There are close to 30 sins which carry a death penalty in principle. These include committing murder, adultery, or incest, desecrating the Sabbath publicly, and kidnapping and selling a person into slavery. A court composed of 23 ordained judges had the authority to put someone to death. (The ordination required here was the original ordination granted by teacher to student in an unbroken chain that began with Moses.) However, in contrast to other nations and religions of ancient times, it was very rare for the Jews to actually put anyone to death. In fact, one of the Sages asserted that a Sanhedrin that executed one person in seven years was considered to have deviated from the accepted norm and was called “brutal.” Another Sage maintained that a court that executed even one person in 70 years was considered brutal. This is because the terms and conditions the halakha establishes for ...