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And there is a dispute with regard to witnesses in the case of a sota; this is referring to witnesses of seclusion who testify that the woman who was warned by her husband in fact entered into seclusion with the man in question. One Sage, R' Elazar, son of R' Shimon, holds that a matter that cause
§ It is stated above further: All concede with regard to a witness testifying on behalf of the claimant when his counterpart is suspect about the oath. All concede in the case of one witness, as in the incident with R' Abba.
The Talmud elaborates: All concede with regard to a witness testifying on behalf of the claimant when his counterpart is suspect about the oath. The testimony of one witness renders the borrower liable to take an oath that he does not owe money. The Talmud asks: In a case where who is suspect? If w
Rather, it is a case where both the borrower and the lender are suspect, as the Master says: Since both are suspect, the oath reverts to the one who is initially obligated to take it, i.e., the borrower, and since he is unable to take the oath because he is suspect, he pays the entire claim to th
Abaye said: All concede in the case of one witness, as in the incident with R' Abba. What are the circumstances? As there was a certain man who snatched a silver ingot from another. The one from whom it was taken came before R' Ami while R' Abba was sitting before him, and he went and brought on