Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Bava Batra 256:9

מתקיף לה מר בר רב אשי אדרבה אפי' לר' שמעון בן אלעזר דאמר מודה מקצת הטענה הוי הני מילי היכא דליכא עדים דקא מסייעי ליה אבל היכא דאיכא עדים דקא מסייעי ליה ודאי משיב אבדה הוי

is to be treated in the same way as] one who returns a lost object,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And need not, therefore, take an oath. ');"><sup>14</sup></span> these words [apply only to the case] where there are no witnesses, but where there are witnesses [his admission may be due to the fact that] he is simply afraid.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That they might testify against him. Hence, in such a case, even R. Akiba agrees that the borrower must take an oath. ');"><sup>15</sup></span>

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