Jewish%20thought for Gittin 102:7
כולהו טענתא נמי טענת אחרים והודאת עצמו נינהו אלא בדרבה קמיפלגי דאמר רבה מפני מה אמרה תורה מודה מקצת הטענה ישבע חזקה אין אדם מעיז פניו בפני בעל חובו
The All-Merciful therefore said: Impose an oath on him, so that he will admit the whole. Now R. Eliezer was of opinion that whether he is dealing with [the lender] himself or with his son, [the debtor] would not be brazen enough [to deny the debt outright], and therefore in neither case is he like one who restores a lost article.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Against whom no claim is brought in the first instance. ');"><sup>7</sup></span>
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