Commentary for Bava Batra 317:12

ומי מצית אמרת בברכה כתיב

shall not be trusted [as a witness] while others<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Strangers, attesting his signature. ');">⁴⁴</span> shall be trusted; and [the reason is] not because he might lie!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence, the correctness of the statements in the deed never having been doubted, the deed is valid if strangers attest the signature. ');">⁴⁵</span> for should not [this explanation] be accepted,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'for if you will not say so'. ');">⁴⁶</span> [could it be imagined that] Moses and Aaron [are not permitted to act as witnesses] for their fathers-in-law because they are untrustworthy! [The] only [possible explanation] then [is that] it is a decree of the king that they<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Moses and Aaron as any other relatives. ');">⁴⁷</span> shall not act as witnesses for them,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Their fathers-in-law (or other relatives). ');">⁴⁸</span> [so] here also [the explanation may be that] it is the decree of the king that he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A son-in-law. ');">⁴⁹</span> shall not attest his handwriting in favour of his father-in-law.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' What, then, could have been meant by the 'difficulty' mentioned? ');">⁵⁰</span> Hence [the message sent from Palestine was in fact just the one that was mentioned at first;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The case of a son who sold his share in his father's estate during the latter's lifetime (supra). ');">⁵¹</span> and as to your objection [from the verse]. Instead of thy fathers shall be thy sons,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra. ');">⁵²</span> [it may be pointed out that] this was written in [connection with] a blessing.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From an expression used in reference to a blessing no law may be derived. ');">⁵³</span> But can it be said [that this verse] was written [only] in [connection with] a blessing

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