Commentary for Bava Batra 308:10

אמר רבי זירא אם יכפור רבי יוחנן ברבי אלעזר תלמידו יכפור ברבי ינאי רבו דאמר רבי ינאי אמר רבי מודה בשטר שכתבו (אינו) צריך לקיימו ואמר ליה רבי יוחנן רבי לא משנתנו היא זו וחכמים אומרים המוציא מחבירו עליו הראיה אין ראיה אלא בקיום השטר

[have the same power as if] all depended on him!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Once he himself admitted that he wrote the deed, it is assumed that no witnesses would have signed it if it represented a purely fictitious transaction, and, consequently, even the Sages agree that he has no further power subsequently to invalidate it. Hence, no attestation is needed. ');">³⁴</span> But, Resh Lakish asked him again, in your [own] name it was reported that, 'the members of the family have justly protested'!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Although they admitted the authenticity of the deed, (i.e.. that the seller had written it), and only disputed its validity (by asserting that he was a minor). How, then, could R. Johanan say that once a person admitted the authenticity of a deed, (i.e., that he wrote it) he cannot any more dispute its validity? ');">³⁵</span> — He replied to him, 'This [was] said [by] Eleazar;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A disciple of R. Johanan. ');">³⁶</span> I have never said such a thing.'

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