Deuteronômio 12:4 Midrash: Ein Yaakov (Glick Edition)

We have been taught in a Baraitha R. Juda says: "If his mother was not like his father in her voice, in her appearance and her height, he cannot become a ben Sorer and Morch (a rebellious son), because it is said (Deut. 21, 12) … To our voice. Since we see that their voices must be alike, the same is the case with the appearance and height." R. Simon said: "We are taught in a Baraitha: Does the law indeed dictate that because this boy consumed a pound of meat and drank half a lug of Italian wine that his father and mother shall deliver him to be stoned? We must therefore assume that such a thing neither occurred nor ever will be, and it is merely written for the purpose to interpret it and be rewarded for it." R. Jonathan, however, said: "I myself have seen such, and have even sat on his grave." According to whom is the following Baraitha: A town that has been misled never occurred and will never be — and it was merely written only for the purpose to interpret it and be rewarded for it? In accordance with R. Eliezer, who said in the following Baraitha: A town said to be misled in which there is to be found even one Mezuzah, cannot be condemned as a misled town, because it is written (Ib. 13, 17) And all its spoils shall thou gather into the midst of the market-place thereof, nad thou shalt burn them with fire. And as there is a Mezuzah which cannot be burnt, for it is written (Ib. 12, 4) Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God." R. Jonathan, however, said: "I have seen such and I myself have even sat on its heap of ruins."