Commentary for Shevuot 88:10

נגזל כיצד היו מעידין אותו שנכנס לביתו למשכנו שלא ברשות הוא אומר כליי נטלת והוא אומר לא נטלתי הוא נשבע ונוטל רבי יהודה אומר עד שתהא שם מקצת הודאה כיצד אמר לו שני כלים נטלת והוא אומר לא נטלתי אלא אחד

R'JUDAH SAYS, [THERE IS NO OATH] UNLESS THERE IS PARTIAL ADMISSION:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When the defendant, the employer, would normally have had to take the oath (being a) ; in that case, the Sages say that the oath is removed from him, and imposed upon the employee; but where there is no admission on the part of the employer, there would have been no oath (according to the Torah, except the Rabbinic consuetudinary oath, v. supra p. 247) ; and in this case the Rabbis do not impose it on the labourer.');">¹⁹</span> HOW? IF HE SAYS TO HIM, 'GIVE ME MY WAGES, FIFTY DENARII, WHICH YOU OWE ME,' AND THE OTHER SAYS, 'YOU HAVE RECEIVED A GOLD DENAR''<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 25 silver denarii.');">²⁰</span>

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