Jewish%20thought for Sotah 62:16

לרבי חייא קשיא דעולא לא קשיא כאן בבת אחת כאן בזה אחר זה

and it is R. Nehemiah's teaching; for it has been taught: R. Nehemiah says: 'Wherever the Torah accepts the testimony of one witness, [the decision] follows the majority of persons [who testify]', so that two women against one man is identical with two men against one man. But there are some who declare that wherever a com petent witness came [and testified] first, even a hundred women are regarded as equal to one witness;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And they cannot upset his testimony. ');">¹³</span>

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