Commentary for Bava Batra 57:16
אמר ליה רב יימר לרב אשי הני נוגעין בעדותן הן דאי לא אמרי הכי אמרינן להו זילו הבו ליה אגר ביתא להאי
Abaye answered: Who is it that testifies to [a man having lived in] a house? — The neighbours; and the neighbours know whether he has lived in it by night as well as by day. Raba answered: [The way it can be known] is if, for instance, two persons come forward and say, We hired the house from him and lived in it day and night for three years. Said R. Yemar to R. Ashi: But these men are interested witnesses,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And therefore their evidence cannot be accepted. ');"><sup>15</sup></span>
Rashi on Bava Batra
(work in progress) That if (you) don't say so - Behold, send Yirmiah to them that should in bavel that exhile with entering eleven year before exhile Tzdekiahu came homes and returned for not come out from there until fill to bavel seventy years because for him warned over this rather advice that is good it comes to teach that he from them, here also advice good always it....
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