Commentary for Kiddushin 99:2
הא כיצד כופין אותו עד שיאמר רוצה אני ואמאי הא בלביה לא ניחא ליה אלא לאו משום דאמרינן דברים שבלב אינן דברים ודילמא שאני התם דאנן סהדי דניחא ליה בכפרה
I might think, against his will-hence it is taught: 'wit his free will'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.V. that he may be accepted.');"><sup>3</sup></span> How is this possible?
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
A mishnah teaches that if a person is obligated to bring a sacrifice but does not want to bring it, the court can physically force him to bring it. Nevertheless, he must also do so with his own free will. The court therefore forces him to say “I am willing” even though we know he is not. This seems to follow the rule the matters of the heart have no legal significance.
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Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The Talmud rejects this as proof for Rava. In that case, although it looks like he does not want to bring a sacrifice, we can say that in truth, he would want to bring the sacrifice. So this is not a case where matters of the heart are ignored.
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