Daf 4 - Quiz

Q. What is the difference between a single witness who obligates an oath or 2 witnesess who obligate an oath ?

A. By one witness he needs to swear to counter the claim of the witness , by 2 he needs to pay for what they incriminated him & swear that he does not owe the rest.

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Q. What is the difference between one who denies a loan or one who denies receiving a deposit for safekeeplng ?

A. In the first case he may still be qualified to serve as a witness.

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Q. If someone claims you owe me 100 & he admits to 50 & says here it is , does he need to swear about the rest ?
R. Chiya - yes
R. Sheishes - no.

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Q. If someone returns a wallet with 200 , can you insist that he swear that he didn't take the other 100 you claim you had there ?

A. No.
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Q. What are 4 things we don't swear about ?

A. Fields , servants , documents & Hekdesh.
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Q. How can someone be brought to swear about a field ?

A. If it is together as a package with non - fields.
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