Musar for Chagigah 32:4
אמר לו שמעון בן שטח אראה בנחמה אם לא שפכת דם נקי שהרי אמרו חכמים אין עדים זוממין נהרגין עד שיזומו שניהם ואין לוקין עד שיזומו שניהם ואין משלמין ממון עד שיזומו שניהם
Rabbi Shimon the son of Shetach said to him, "[May] I [not] see the comfort [of the redemption] if you have not spilled innocent blood, for behold, the Rabbis said, 'Conspiring witnesses are not killed unless they both conspire, and they are not lashed unless they both conspire, and they do not pay money unless they both conspire.'"
Mesilat Yesharim
Even matters of Shevut (Resting), despite that they are Rabbinical, are nevertheless important principles as the Sages said: "Never let [the principle] of Shevut (Rest) be light in your eyes. For the laying on of the hands [on a sacrifice for a Festival-day] is [prohibited] only on account of Shevut, yet the greatest men of the age debated therein" (Chagigah 16b).
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