[Avodah] rules of evidence in halcha

Danny Schoemann doniels at gmail.com
Tue May 26 12:23:04 PDT 2009


> 1. Is there a similar concept in halacha, or do we find both parties liable
> - i.e. the entrapper and the entrapped?
> 2. Is there anything similar to 'inadmissible evidence' - i.e., valid
> evidence that the court will ignore because of the way it was obtained?

Mishna 7:10 in Sanhedrin: If a Meisis - one trying to get others to
worship AZ - is sly and doesn't want to repeat himself in front of 2
people, the victim hides 2 witnesses behind the fence and then goads
the Meisis to repeat himself.

- Danny



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