Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Kamma 211:8

א"ל יכילנא לשנויי לך רישא חוץ לבית דין וסיפא בבית דין מיהו שינויא דחיקא לא משנינן לך אידי ואידי בבית דין ולא קשיא כאן בקפץ כאן בשלא קפץ

when R. Aha b. Manyumi pointed out to R. Nahman a contradiction [from the following: If a man says to another] 'Where is my deposit?' and the other replies. 'It is lost,' and the depositor then says. 'Will you take an oath,' and the bailee replies. 'Amen!'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'So be it.' Which in these circumstances amounts to an oath to all intents and purposes; v. Shebu. 29b. ');">¹⁴</span> then if witnesses testify against him that he himself had consumed it, he has to pay only the Principal,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But not double payment as his defence was not theft, and no Fifth as he 'did not confess perjury. ');">¹⁵</span>

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