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The Chabad translation of Mishneh Torah includes an editor's note to Hilchot Avodat Kochavim 4 saying:

There is a unique dimension to the laws of an עיר הנדחת that is not found in regard to any of the other prohibitions of the Torah. In this context, the city is considered as a single entity and the inhabitants and their property are not considered as individuals but as members of this wicked collective (Tzaphnat Pane'ach, Likkutei Sichot, Vol. 9).

Can anyone help point me towards where I can read the relevant passage in these two sources? Many thanks.

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  • sefaria.org/…
    – Chatzkel
    Jul 18, 2022 at 12:24
  • projectlikkuteisichos.org
    – Chatzkel
    Jul 18, 2022 at 12:27
  • Note the Tzafnat Pa'neach generally writes very cryptically.
    – Heshy
    Jul 18, 2022 at 12:40
  • Thank you - hoping someone will be able to point me to the actual passages in question in each source
    – Zarka
    Jul 18, 2022 at 13:43

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The source from volume 9 of Likkutei Sichot, parshat Ra’eh, pp. 107-114, beginning with the 2nd chapter is where the Rebbe discusses the view of the Rogatchover Gaon.

He is quoting the Rogatchover on the Torah to parshat Vayera 18:21, which appears on page 74 of volume 1 to Tzaphnat HaPane’ach al HaTorah.

Rogatchover on Torah

If you have trouble with the Yiddish, there is a book in English called, Torah Studies that was published in 1984 by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks of London. The relevant section appears there on pages 300-304.

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  • See here for the English version (digital) of Torah Studies, Yaacov mentioned: chabad.org/therebbe/article_cdo/aid/110666/jewish/…
    – Shmuel
    Jul 19, 2022 at 12:05
  • @Shmuel I was going to add that link but upon looking at it discovered that it is not the complete book and the relevant pages are not included there. It makes me wonder if the reprint removed parts from the 1984 original.
    – Yaacov Deane
    Jul 19, 2022 at 15:48
  • Okay, did not know that. Thanks for the update. I think it might be due to the fact that Chabad.org only has samples from the books, and not the complete books. They might have added in some samples from this book too?!
    – Shmuel
    Jul 19, 2022 at 15:56
  • Relevant passage is actually on web here: chabad.org/therebbe/article_cdo/aid/110666/jewish/…
    – Zarka
    Jul 19, 2022 at 18:57
  • Many thanks! Appreciated
    – Zarka
    Jul 19, 2022 at 18:57

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