תלמוד על ראש השנה 44:18

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.”