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Talmud for Sotah 1:4

הָיוּ מַעֲלִין אוֹתָהּ לְבֵית דִּין הַגָּדוֹל שֶׁבִּירוּשָׁלַיִם, וּמְאַיְּמִין עָלֶיהָ כְדֶרֶךְ שֶׁמְּאַיְּמִין עַל עֵדֵי נְפָשׁוֹת. וְאוֹמְרִים לָהּ, בִּתִּי, הַרְבֵּה יַיִן עוֹשֶׂה, הַרְבֵּה שְׂחוֹק עוֹשֶׂה, הַרְבֵּה יַלְדוּת עוֹשָׂה, הַרְבֵּה שְׁכֵנִים הָרָעִים עוֹשִׂים. עֲשִׂי לִשְׁמוֹ הַגָּדוֹל שֶׁנִּכְתַּב בִּקְדֻשָּׁה, שֶׁלֹּא יִמָּחֶה עַל הַמָּיִם. וְאוֹמְרִים לְפָנֶיהָ דְּבָרִים שֶׁאֵינָהּ כְּדַאי לְשׁוֹמְעָן, הִיא וְכָל מִשְׁפַּחַת בֵּית אָבִיהָ:

They would bring her to the high court in Jerusalem, and they intimidate her in the way they would intimidate witnesses in capital cases. And they say to her, "My daughter, wine does much, levity does much, youth does much, bad neighbors do much. Act for the sake of His Great Name written in holiness, so that it will not be erased by the water." And they speak before her about things that she is not worthy to hear, she and the entire family of her father's house.

Jerusalem Talmud Ketubot

HALAKHAH: “Two robbery judges were in Jerusalem,” etc. Did not Rebbi Phineas say in the name of Rebbi Hoshaia: 469 synagogues were in Jerusalem and each one of them had a Book house and a study house; the Book house for Scripture and the study house for Mishnah6Since every “study house” was a law school, it is obvious that Jerusalem had more than two judges.
The statement of R. Phineas is also in Megillah 3:1 (73d 28), Thr. rabbati 2:2, Introduction #12; in Ta‘anit 4, (69a 13) the number of schools is put at 500 in the name of Rabban Simeon ben Gamliel. In the Babli, 105a, the number is 394.
? But these two were appointed for robberies; to teach you that if anybody has the power to intervene, if he does not exercise his power the misconduct is attributed to him7The other judges were for civil cases. Those appointed to watch over public order are personally held responsible; therefore these judges are remembered by name. In the Babli, 105a, it is asserted that judges in a criminal court can be paid, in contrast to civil judges.. It was stated in the name of Rebbi Nathan: Naḥum the Mede also was with them8In the Babli, 105a, this tradition is denied.. In Rebbi Nathan’s opinion, three robbery judges were in Jerusalem.
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