daf bit: Sanhedrin 34

[cellio]

The current mishna discusses the timing of trials. Civil cases may be tried by day and concluded by night, but capital cases must be tried by day and concluded by day. Acquittal can come on the same day; a guilty verdict can't be pronounced until the next day. The g'mara on today's daf asks where we learn that capital cases must be concluded by day. R. Sh'mi b. Hiyya says from the verse "and hang them unto the Lord in the face of the sun" (Num 25:4). (32a mishna, 34b g'mara)

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[dsrtao]

I approve of not making irrevocable decisions without taking time to see how smart they look the next day.