Responsa for Yevamot 242:2

תנו רבנן נפל לתוך כבשן האש מעידין עליו ליורה מלאה יין ושמן מעידין עליו משום רבי אחא אמרו של שמן מעידין עליו מפני שהוא מבעיר של יין אין מעידין עליו מפני שהוא מכבה אמרו לו תחלתו מכבה וסופו מבעיר:

injure him.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In a lion's den, however, there is much more space, and the body might sometimes fall to one side and the animals, if they happened to be full, would leave it untouched. ');">⁵</span> Our Rabbis taught: [If a man] fell into a burning furnace, evidence may be legally tendered concerning him, [and also if he fell] into a boiler that was full of [boiling]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Standing over the fire. ');">⁶</span> wine or oil, evidence may be legally tendered concerning him. In the name of R. Aha It was stated: [If the man fell into a hot boiler] of oil, evidence may legally be tendered concerning him, because it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The oil when, owing to the fall of the body, it flows over the sides of the boiler into the fire beneath it. ');">⁷</span> adds fuel to the fire;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'it causes to burn'. ');">⁸</span>

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