Responsa for Bava Batra 276:12
לא ב"ד בתר בית דינא לא דייקי בית דינא בתר עדים דייקי:
be accepted unless [the court] know [the parties]. Consequently<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since no court would allow halizah, or a declaration of refusal, unless the parties were known to it. ');"><sup>32</sup></span> [it is permissible for witnesses]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who were present during one or other of such ceremonies. ');"><sup>33</sup></span> to write out a certificate of <i>halizah</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which would enable the woman to re-marry. ');"><sup>34</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A asked his road companion B to keep some money (sixty schillings) for him. B refused to take the money saying he had no place where to keep it. A suggested that he put it in his sheet, and B did so. Subsequently, the money was stolen from B. A, however, demanded his money and claimed that B was guilty of negligence since he slept in the market-place among thieves.
A. If B took reasonable care to watch his sheet, even though he slept in the market place, he is free from any obligation to A, since he complied with A's instructions.
SOURCES: Pr. 843.
A. If B took reasonable care to watch his sheet, even though he slept in the market place, he is free from any obligation to A, since he complied with A's instructions.
SOURCES: Pr. 843.
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