Midrash for Sanhedrin 54:12

היה קרוב ונתרחק ה"ז כשר רבי יהודה אומר אפילו מתה בתו ויש לו בנים ממנה הרי זה קרוב

IS MEANT; BY 'ENEMY',ANY MAN WHO, BY REASON OF ENMITY, HAS NOT SPOKEN TO ONE FOR THREE DAYS, ISUNDERSTOOD.TO THIS THE RABBIS REPLIED: ISRAELITES, AS A RULE, ARE NOT TOBE SUSPECTED ON SUCH GROUNDS.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., they are not suspected of giving false evidence through friendship or enmity; hence they are competent to testify. Nevertheless, they cannot act as judges, because it is difficult for them to be unbiassed and impartial. ');">²⁴</span>

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