Commentary for Gittin 65:4
ל"ל למיתנא דיינים ל"ל למיתנא עדים הא קמ"ל דלא שנא כתוב בלשון דיינים וחתמי עדים ולא שנא כתוב בלשון עדים וחתמי דיינים:
Are not the judges here placed on a par with the witnesses, so that just as two witnesses suffice, So two judges suffice? And R. Shesheth? — [He can reply:] Is this an argument? Judges and witnesses each follow their own rule. [And if you ask] why [the Mishnah] mentions both witnesses and judges, it is to teach us that it makes no difference if they word the document as judges<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., 'We, So-and-so, acting as a Beth din. ' ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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