Reference for Shevuot 78:15

תנן שתי כסף יש לי בידך אין לך בידי אלא פרוטה פטור מאי טעמא לאו משום דחסרה לה טענה ותיובתא דשמואל

And Samuel? - [He may retort:] Can you not incidentally infer that the amount of the claim is lessened?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Assuming even, as you say, that the verse refers to admission only (that it must be a portion, and of the same kind) , it is still obvious that the denial is less than two ma'ahs, for the only claim mentioned by Scripture (verse 6) is two ma'ahs, and of this, Scripture says (verse 8) , he admits a portion - hence, he denies a portion (clearly less than two ma'ahs) . Thus Scripture appears to be opposed to Rab's view.');">²¹</span> - Well, then, Rab may tell you: 'Silver' when originally mentioned is with reference to the denial;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The word 'silver' (Ex. XXII, 6) , which we say implies two ma'ahs, does not refer to the total claim, but to the denial.');">²²</span>

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