Study Shevuot folio 31A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
the chain [kolar] of culpability for the miscarriage of justice be placed around the neck of the false witnesses? It is derived as the verse states: “Distance yourself from a false matter.”
The Talmud provides a mnemonic for additional halakhot derived from the verse: “Distance yourself from a false matter.” 3 relating to a student; and 3 relating to creditors; and 3 relating to a judge: Rags, hears, and explain.
From where is it derived with regard to a student who is sitting before his teacher and sees a claim that provides advantage for a poor person and disadvantage for a wealthy person that he shall not remain silent? It is derived as the verse states: “Distance yourself from a false matter.”
From where is it derived with regard to a student who sees his teacher who is erring in judgment that he shall not say: I will wait for my teacher until he concludes the trial and then I will contradict him and construct a ruling of my own so that the verdict will be attributed to my name? It is de
From where is it derived with regard to a student whose teacher said to him: You know concerning me that even if one were to give me 100 times 100 dinars, I would not fabricate a claim. Now, I have 100 dinars in the possession of so-and-so, to whom I lent money, but I have only one witness of the t