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And if you would say the Rabbis disagree with Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel with regard to the minimum number of judges necessary to adjudicate, but doesn’t R' Abbahu say: With regard to a court of two judges that adjudicated cases of monetary law of any type, which would include cases of admissions an
§ Since it was mentioned incidentally, the Talmud discusses the matter itself: R' Abbahu says: With regard to a court of two judges that adjudicated cases of monetary law of any type, which would include cases of admissions and loans, everyone agrees that their judgment is not a valid judgment. R'
The Talmud responds: Here we are dealing with a case in which the litigants accepted the singular judge upon themselves, and it is for that reason that his ruling is binding. Otherwise, it would not be binding, as a halakhic court must contain a minimum of 3 judges. The Talmud asks: If so, that th
Rav Safra said to R' Abba: This ruling applies when he erred in what respect? If we say that he erred in a matter that appears in the Mishnah, and he mistakenly ruled against an explicitly stated halakha, that is difficult. But doesn’t Rav Sheshet say that R' Ami says: If the judge erred in a mat
The Talmud asks: What are the circumstances of an error in deliberation? Rav Pappa said: The circumstances of an error in deliberation are where, for example, there are two tanna’im or two amora’im who disagree with one another, and the halakha was not stated in accordance with the opinion of one