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The Talmud answers: Are you setting the statement of one man against the statement of another man? Rav Ḥisda holds that a contradiction with regard to secondary details does not disqualify the testimony even in capital law, and Rav Yehuda holds that it does disqualify the testimony. Neither Sage is
The rabbis of Neharde’a say: Even if one says that it was a black coin and the other one says that it was a white coin their testimonies are combined.
The Talmud asks: In accordance with whose opinion is this? Is it in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehoshua ben Korḥa, that as long as both witnesses testify that the defendant owes the plaintiff the same sum, the testimonies are combined? Say that you heard R' Yehoshua ben Korḥa saying that two
Rather, the rabbis of Neharde’a stated their opinion in accordance with the opinion of that tanna, as it is taught in a baraita that R' Shimon ben Elazar says: Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel do not disagree with regard to a case of two sets of witnesses, where one set says that the plaintiff lent the
With regard to what case do they disagree? They disagree over the case of one set of two witnesses, where one witness testifies that the defendant owes the plaintiff 200 dinars, and the other witness says that he owes him 100. As Beit Shammai say that their testimony is divided. Since they are not