One witness is insufficient to help the Bet Din decide a court case.
Unless there are 2 Kosher witnesses, a case cannot be decided on the basis of witnesses.
Applies to everybody, always, everywhere
Verse: "Do not decide by the word of one witness" (Devarim 19:16)
Source: The Chafetz-Chaim's Sefer haMitzvot haKatzar; Prohibition 73
- Danny
Monday, 22 Adar 5770
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