Quoting%20commentary for Ketubot 83:8

איתיביה ר"ש אומר יכול האומר לחבירו אנסת ופיתית את בתי והוא אומר לא אנסתי ולא פיתיתי המית שורך את עבדי והוא אומר לא המית או שאמר לו עבדו הפלת את שיני וסימית את עיני והוא אומר לא הפלתי ולא סימיתי ונשבע והודה יכול יהא חייב

He raised the following objection: R. Shimon says: It might have been presumed that if one said to his fellow, “You have raped or seduced my daughter” and the other replied ‘I have neither raped nor seduced her”, [or if the first said] “Your ox has killed my slave” and the other replied, He did not kill him,” or if a slave said to his master, “You have knocked out my tooth” or “You have blinded my eye” and he replied “I have not knocked it out” or “I have not blinded it”and [the defendant] swore but afterwards admitted his liability it might have been presumed that he is liable, Scripture says, “And he denies [owing] his fellow a deposit or a pledge or something robbed or he defrauds his fellow, or he finds a lost object and denies it and he falsely swears” (Leviticus 5:21), just as these are distinguished that they are compensatory, so too [one is liable for falsely swearing over all debts that are] compensatory.

Explore quoting%20commentary for Ketubot 83:8. In-depth commentary and analysis from classical Jewish sources.