But

<<this

<<that Rav Nachman said:

<<they impose on

<<him

<<an oath of

<<heses —

<<let us say:

<<since

<<he is suspect

<<about money,

<<he is suspect

<<about an oath.

And further,

<<this

<<that taught

<<Rabbi Chiya:

<<both of them

<<swear

<<and take

<<from the owner of

<<the house —

<<let us say:

<<since

<<he is suspect

<<about money,

<<he is suspect

<<about an oath.

And further,

<<this

<<that Rav Sheshes said:

<<three

<<oaths

<<they impose on

<<him:

<<an oath

<<that I did not

<<neglect

<<it,

<<an oath

<<that I did not

<<send

<<against it

<<a hand,

<<an oath

<<that it is not

<<in my possession —

<<let us say:

<<since

<<he is suspect

<<about money,

<<he is suspect

<<about an oath.

Rather,

<<we do not

<<say:

<<since

<<he is suspect

<<about money,

<<he is suspect

<<about an oath.

Abaye

<<said:

<<we are concerned

<<lest

<<a loan

<<old

<<there is

<<for him

<<against him.

If so,

<<let him take

<<without

<<an oath!

Rather,

<<we are concerned

<<lest

<<a doubtful

<<loan

<<old

<<there is

<<for him

<<against him.

But do we not

<<say:

<<he holds

<<money

<<out of doubt?

<<Let him swear

<<also

<<out of doubt!

Rav Sheshes, son of Rav Idi said:

<<withdraw

<<people

<<from a doubtful

<<oath

<<and do not

<<withdraw

<<from doubtful

<<money.

<<What is the reason?

<<Money

<<can be

<<returned;

<<an oath

<<cannot be

<<returned.

Asked

<<Rabbi Zeira:

<<if seized it

<<one

<<in our presence

<<what is [the law]?

What are the circumstances?

<<If

<<he was silent,

<<admitting

<<he admitted

<<to him;

<<and if

<<he was

<<crying out,

<<what

<<was there

<<for him

<<to do?

It is necessary only

<<where he was silent

<<at first

<<and then

<<cried out.

<<What [is the law]?

<<Since he was silent,

<<admitting

<<he admitted

<<to him;

<<or perhaps:

<<since

<<he is

<<crying out

<<now,

<<it is revealed,

<<the matter,

<<that this

<<silence

<<at first —

<<he thought:

<<surely

<<are

<<seeing

<<him

<<the Rabbis.

Rav Nachman said:

<<come and hear:

<<In what case is this said?

<<Where both of them

<<are grasping

<<it;

<<but

<<if was

<<the garment

<<coming out

<<from under

<<the hand

<<of

<<one

<<of them —

<<the one who extracts

<<from his fellow

<<upon him is

<<the proof.

<<What are the circumstances?

<<If

<<we say

<<as it teaches,

<<it is obvious!

<<Rather,

<<that seized it

<<one

<<in our presence.

No;

<<here, with what are we dealing?

<<For example,

<<where they came

<<before us

<<while holding

<<it

<<both of them,

<<and we said

<<to them:

<<go

<<divide [it],

<<and they went out,

<<and then

<<came back

<<when

<<was holding

<<it

<<one

<<of them;

<<this one

<<says:

<<admitting

<<he admitted

<<to me,

<<and this one

<<says:

<<for money

<<I rented it

<<to him;

<<for we say

<<to him:

<<until

<<now

<<you suspected

<<him

<<of being a robber,

<<and now

<<you rent

<<to him

<<without

<<witnesses?

And if you wish, say:

<<as it teaches —

<<that they came

<<before us

<<when

<<was holding

<<it

<<one

<<of them,

<<and the other

<<was clutching

<<at it

<<with a mere grip;

<<and even

<<according to Sumchos,

<<who said:

<<money

<<that is cast

<<in doubt —

<<they divide

<<without

<<an oath,

<<agrees

<<Sumchos

<<that a mere grip

<<is not

<<anything

<<it is.

If you say

<<that where seized it

<<one

<<in our presence

<<we take

<<it

<<from his hand,

<<if he consecrated it,

<<it is not

<<consecrated.

<<If you say

<<that where seized it

<<one

<<in our presence

<<we do not

<<take

<<it

<<from his hand —

<<if he consecrated it

<<without

<<seizing it,

<<what is [the law]?

Since

<<said

<<the master:

<<his statement

<<to the Most High

<<is like his handing over

<<to a commoner

<<it is,

<<like one

<<who seized it

<<it is.

Or perhaps:

<<now

<<at any rate

<<indeed

<<he did not

<<seize it,

<<and it is written:

<<“and a man

<<when

<<he consecrates

<<his house

<<as holy,

<<etc.”:

<<just as

<<his house

<<is in his possession,

<<so too

<<everything

<<must be in his possession,

<<to exclude

<<this,

<<which is not

<<in his possession

Come and hear:

<<that a certain