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until they hear a demand to testify directly from the mouth of the plaintiff.
The Talmud answers: Mentioning the case of the plaintiff pursuing them was necessary for Shmuel, as otherwise it could enter your mind to say: Since the plaintiff is pursuing them, it is like the case of one who says to them directly to testify. Therefore, Shmuel teaches us that although the intent
The Talmud asks: But this too, we learn in the Mishnah: Liability to bring a sliding-scale offering for taking a false oath of testimony, how so? In a case where the plaintiff said to two witnesses: Come and testify on my behalf, and they replied: On our oath, etc., from which it can be inferred t
The Talmud rejects this: No proof may be cited from the Mishnah, as perhaps when the tanna states: In a case where the plaintiff said, he did not mean that this is the halakha only in a case where he specifically verbalized his demand that they testify; rather, the same would be true even if he con
As, if you do not say so and assert that the language of the Mishnah is precise and one is liable only if the oath was in response to a verbal demand, then as for the Mishnah (36b), which teaches with regard to a deposit: Liability to bring a guilt-offering for taking a false oath on a deposit, how