Commentary for Bava Batra 319:4
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> מנהני מילי אמר ר' חנינא דאמר קרא (ירמיהו לב, מד) שדות בכסף יקנו וכתוב בספר וחתום והעד עדים שדות בכסף יקנו וכתוב בספר
A PLAIN [DEED] THAT BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF ONE WITNESS [ONLY]. AND A FOLDED [ONE] THAT BEARS THE SIGNATURES OF TWO WITNESSES [ONLY] ARE BOTH INVALID. <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Whence these words?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That there are two kinds of deeds differing from each other in the number of witnesses and the mode of folding. ');"><sup>10</sup></span> — R. Hanina said: For Scripture says, <i>Men shall buy fields for money and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and procure the evidence of witnesses.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jer. XXXII, 44. ');"><sup>11</sup></span></i> Men shall buy fields for money and subscribe the deeds,</i>
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