Witness - Witnesses

believed in certain cases to report on what they saw when they were a child

document with 4 signed witnesses, 2 are valid, and 2 are not valid

gave story then contradicted herself then gave good reason for the lie

ineligible to be a judge or witness if he sells shemittah fruit, he is still eligible if it isn’t his only job

loan document signed by non Jews was accepted by Reish Lakish so that lenders won’t hesitate to lend money

one or two witnesses who say that someone accepted to be a nazir, became impure, ate forbidden fat, entered Temple while impure, he denies, claims to have done it on purpose, or is silent

one witness testifies orally snd the other testifies in writing, each witness testifies to a fact that when combined constitute a significant totality (each witness sees a different hair on a person whose adulthood is questioned)

one witness trusted to say that the sun rose, Temple service can begin, one witness or woman believed when child was born

two sets of witnesses (or two witnesses in one group or co-wives) who contradict each other on a major or minor point

two sets of witnesses (or two witnesses in one group or co-wives) who contradict each other on a major or minor point

two witnesses are contradicted by two witnesses, which set is believed?

witnesses who contradict on a main point are rejected, co-wives who come with different stories about how their husband died may be different since it is a case where one witness is enough, and each co-wife isn't believed regarding issues related to her co-wife

witnesses who don’t know how to write, how we help them form a valid signature on a divorce document

witnesses who verify their own signatures or relate other halachic information, but claim to have been forced, were minors, or were unfit for testimony, if others verify their signatures or also relate the same information, the first ones are less likely to be believed to negate the testimony of the others, cases where the witnesses verify their own signatures but other witnesses do as well, amount and qualification of witnesses needed to verify each signature