Quoting%20commentary for Sanhedrin 79:3

כל המרבה בבדיקות הרי זה משובח מעשה ובדק בן זכאי בעוקצי תאנים

AND, DID YE WARN HIM?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That murder is forbidden on pain of death? These two questions, according to Maimonides (Yad 'Eduth, I, 4-5) belong to the specific category of [H] (inquiry) which is on the one hand treated like [H] (investigation) in that the evidence is invalid if one of the witnesses cannot answer them; and on the other like [H], (cross-examination) in this respect that the witnesses are not amenable to the law of retaliation in case of refutation. ');">⁵</span> WHERE ONE COMMITS IDOLATRY, [THE WITNESSES ARE ALSO ASKED] WHAT<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., which idol? ');">⁶</span>

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