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and one of them errs by an hour and a bit.
Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehuda, went and said the halakha of Abaye before Rava. Rava said to him that Abaye’s explanation must be rejected: And were we to closely examine the statements of these witnesses and ask them when precisely the incident occurred, and find that the one who says at 3 hours mean
Rather, Rava said: In fact, according to the statement of R' Meir, a person errs by two hours less a bit; according to the statement of R' Yehuda, a person errs by 3 hours less a bit. The Talmud elaborates: According to the statement of R' Meir, a person errs by two hours less a bit. How so? When
According to the statement of R' Yehuda, a person errs by 3 hours less a bit. How so? When the incident occurred, it was either in the beginning of the third hour or at the end of the fifth hour, and one of them errs by 3 hours less a bit. According to R' Yehuda, that is a reasonable discrepancy.
We learned in a Mishnah: The judges of the court would examine witnesses with 7 forms of interrogation: In which 7-year Sabbatical cycle of the Jubilee did the incident occur, in which year of the 7-year Sabbatical cycle, in which month of that year, on which date of that month, on which day of the