Commentary for Kiddushin 146:15

נאמן בעל מקח לומר לזה מכרתי ולזה אין מכרתי במה דברים אמורים בזמן שמקחו בידו אבל אין מקחו בידו אינו נאמן

but if there is no presumption of fitness,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As here, when the identity of the babes is in question.');">¹⁹</span> even one is believed. A vendor<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'the owner of the ware'.');">²⁰</span> is believed when he says: 'To this one I sold [it] and to this one I did not sell.' When is that Only if his ware is in his hand; but if his ware is no longer in his hand, he is not believed.

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