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Din & Daf: Is Edut Like Dominoes? - Dr. Elana Stein Hain

Dec 05, 202430 min
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Din & Daf: Conceptual Analysis of Halakha Through Case Study with Dr. Elana Stein Hain


Bava Batra 162b The Gemara in Bava Batra makes a strange assertion: namely that invalid witnesses (e.g, relatives) signed on a shtar do not invalidate the two valid witnesses that are signed onto the shtar. This is surprising because the Gemara in Makkot specifically discusses the domino effect of edut - namely that if one in the group is invalid, the whole testimony is invalidated! In this shiur we will examine when and how unified we consider various edim.


Printable sources Dr. Elana Stein Hain – dinanddaf@hadran.org.il Learn more on Hadran.org.il

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