Shevuot 42: Tainted Documents, Oaths and Children

The rabbis continue to help us understand oaths in specific circumstances.  Some of what is discussed today includes questionable oaths:  what we do not need to know from a witness, flawed documents, when we trust the lender, and oaths and children.  Some brief points that stood out:

• people remember prices and those recounts should be trustworthy
• a person should not pay when swearing about a document even if that payment is for another debt
• rabbis disagree about whether more than two witnesses strengthens a case
• there may be cases where one should swear to deny the claim of a child (or a deaf-mute, etc.)