Musar for Sanhedrin 45:19
הא מדקתני סיפא וחכ"א אימתי בזמן שמביא ראיה שהן קרובין או פסולין אבל אם היו כשרין או מומחין מפי ב"ד אינו יכול לפוסלן מכלל דר' מאיר מומחין נמי קאמר
R. Meir thus disagreeing withthe dictum of Rab Judah given in the name ofRab,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., he does not require the witnesses to know beforehand who will join them; and in the same way, it is unnecessary for the two judges to know beforehand whether the third will be a fit and proper person; therefore the third is selected by the litigants. ');"><sup>17</sup></span>
Mesilat Yesharim
But the man who was completely purified from this affliction and has been cleansed of all trace of evil which lust leaves behind it, behold his vision will be perfectly clear and his discernment will be pure. He will not be swayed by any desire. He will recognize anything which is a sin. Even for the most minuscule, he will see its evil and will distance from it. On this our Sages referred regarding the men of Sheleimut (Wholeness) who purified their deeds to such a great extent as to leave not even a stirring of evil - "the clean minded men of Jerusalem" (Sanhedrin 23a).
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