Kosher Witnesses: Difference between revisions
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# The witnesses are called edim and must testify exactly what they heard and not just say someone is obligated to pay his friend because sometimes if the witnesses heard a person admit he owes money in truth he isn't obligated.<ref>Shulchan Aruch CM 32:1</ref> | # The witnesses are called edim and must testify exactly what they heard and not just say someone is obligated to pay his friend because sometimes if the witnesses heard a person admit he owes money in truth he isn't obligated.<ref>Shulchan Aruch CM 32:1</ref> | ||
# If a person hired false witnesses to testify that Reuven owes Shimon money and Reuven was awarded money based on these false edim, if in truth Reuven didn't owe Shimon, Shimon doesn't admit that he doesn't deserve the money, the edim don't admit to lying, and the one who hired them does admit that he hired them as false witnesses, in the heavenly court he is obligated to pay Reuven for his loss.<ref>Bava Kama 55b, Shulchan Aruch CM 32:2</ref> | # If a person hired false witnesses to testify that Reuven owes Shimon money and Reuven was awarded money based on these false edim, if in truth Reuven didn't owe Shimon, Shimon doesn't admit that he doesn't deserve the money, the edim don't admit to lying, and the one who hired them does admit that he hired them as false witnesses, in the heavenly court he is obligated to pay Reuven for his loss.<ref>Bava Kama 55b, Shulchan Aruch CM 32:2</ref> | ||
#Someone who shaves with a razor, while he is violating a serious prohibition, might be a kosher witness since it is a prohibition that many violate and don't realize it is forbidden.<ref>Yabia Omer EH 10:32 s.v. amar hamechaber</ref> | |||
#Someone who doesn't keep Shabbat publicly is an invalid witness.<ref> Yabia Omer EH 9:2:2 writes that someone who publicly violates Shabbat is an invalid witness since he violates a very serious prohibition. In Yabia Omer EH 8:5:7 he argues with Rav Aharon Volkin and Rav Uziel that today someone who desecrates Shabbat is valid since they don't realize that it is a serious sin.</ref> | |||
#Someone married to a non-Jew is an invalid witness.<Ref>Yabia Omer EH 8:3</ref> | |||
==Witnesses for a Wedding== | ==Witnesses for a Wedding== | ||
