Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 201:13

ות"ק האי זקני מאי עביד ליה מיבעי ליה לרבויי אפילו שלשה הדיוטות

one man more is added to them; behold here three. And R. Judah?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why does he require five? ');">³⁶</span> — The elders of<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXV, 8. ');">³⁷</span> [implies] two; and elders<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 9. ');">³⁸</span> [implies another] two; but since no court may be evenly balanced,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' An even number of judges might, when a difference of opinion arose, be equally divided and this would make a decision by majority impossible. ');">³⁵</span>

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