Commentary for Yoma 38:1

מי איכא מידי דאנן לא מצינן למעבד ושלוחי דידן מצו עבדי הכי קאמרי ליה משביעין אנו עליך על דעתינו ועל דעת בית דין

is there anything that we ourselves are unable to perform<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Ned. 35a. Prohibiting the making of gestures whilst reading the Shema'.');">¹</span> and our messengers can perform?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Permitting the making of gestures.');">²</span> - Rather this is what they said to him: We adjure you according to our mind and in the mind of the Beth din.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [He is addressed as 'Our Messenger' only in respect of this adjuration, i.e., to impress on him that he must take the oath in the sense as understood by them. (V. Ned. 24b-25a) .]');">³</span>

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