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The Talmud asks: With regard to the proof that the recipients must bring, in what manner is it brought? Rav Huna says: The proof is presented by bringing witnesses who testify that the giver was healthy. Rav Ḥisda and Rabba bar Rav Huna say: The proof is presented by the ratification of the deed,
The Talmud explains: Rav Huna says that the proof is presented by bringing witnesses. He maintains that R' Meir and the Rabbis disagree with regard to the issue that is the subject of the dispute of R' Ya’akov and R' Natan in the baraita (153b).
The Talmud notes a mnemonic device that indicates which tannaitic opinions are correlated: Manniaḥ, which represents the letters mem, nun, yod, ḥet, stands for Meir, Natan, Ya’akov, and the Rabbis [ḥakhamim]. This indicates that R' Meir, who says that the giver must bring proof that he was on his
Rav Ḥisda and Rabba bar Rav Huna say that the proof is presented by the ratification of the deed. The Talmud explains: Rav Ḥisda and Rabba bar Rav Huna maintain that R' Meir and the Rabbis disagree with regard to whether when there is a debtor who admits that he wrote a promissory note, the credit
The Talmud asks: But didn’t they already disagree with regard to this matter once? As it is taught in a baraita: With regard to witnesses who ratified their signatures but claimed that at the time they signed the document they were not fit to bear witness, their testimony is not deemed credible to i