ובן סורר ומורה נהרג על שם סופו, הגיעה תורה לסוף דעתו, סוף שמכלה ממון אביו ומבקש לימודו ואינו מוצא, ועומד בפרשת דרכים ומלסטם את הבריות, אמרה תורה ימות זכאי ואל ימות חייב:
The wayward and rebellious son is executed on account of [what he will become in] the end-the Torah penetrates to his ultimate intentions. Eventually, he will squander his father’s money, seek what he has become accustomed to, not find it, and stand at the crossroads and rob people [killing them, thereby incurring the death penalty]. Says the Torah, “Let him die innocent [of such crimes], rather than have him die guilty [of such crimes]. [Rashi]
If he is killed b/c he will become a murderer then how can we give him a more severe punishment [סקילה] than he would receive for murder itself [סייף]?
Asking for my daughter's [in 3rd grade] classmate's mother.
