Talmud for Rosh Hashanah 44:1
וחד מי מהימן והתניא מעשה שבא הוא ועדיו עמו להעיד עליו אמר רב פפא מאי אחר זוג אחר
But [is the word of] one person to be taken? Has it not been taught, 'On one occasion he came accompanied by the witnesses<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This would show that at least two were required.');"><sup>1</sup></span> who were to testify to his bona fides'? - R'Papa replied: What is meant by ANOTHER? Another pair.
Jerusalem Talmud Rosh Hashanah
May people who know those who know him desecrate the Sabbath for him23The translation and the reading of G follows Liebermann’s correction of Ginzberg’s text (Tosephta kiFshutahMo`ed p. 1028). There is nobody known to the Court who knows the witness personally, but there is one known to the court who knows a reliable person who can testify that the witness is not a Boethusian. If the new moon is seen on a Sabbath, may the person known to the court go with this acquaintance to certify the witness?? Let us hear from the following24Tosephta 1:16; Babli 22b.: “[Rebbi]25Corrector’s addition from the Tosephta, not in G. Noharai (here) <ben>26The <genizah text>is to be accepted. Shanai said, it happened that I descended to Usha27The place where the successor to the Synhedrion was constituted in the aftermath of the Bar Kochba uprising. to testify for one witness28The witness not of seeing the new moon but the reliability of the witness for the new moon.. They did not need me but I looked for a pretext to see my colleagues.”
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