שבועות ו׳Shevuot 6

Mishnah 1א׳

שְׁבוּעַת הַדַּיָּנִין, הַטַּעֲנָה שְׁתֵּי כֶסֶף, וְהַהוֹדָאָה בְּשָׁוֶה פְרוּטָה. וְאִם אֵין הַהוֹדָאָה מִמִּין הַטַּעֲנָה, פָּטוּר. כֵּיצַד, שְׁתֵּי כֶסֶף לִי בְיָדֶךָ, אֵין לְךָ בְיָדִי אֶלָּא פְרוּטָה, פָּטוּר. שְׁתֵּי כֶסֶף וּפְרוּטָה לִי בְיָדֶךָ, אֵין לְךָ בְיָדִי אֶלָּא פְרוּטָה, חַיָּב. מָנֶה לִי בְיָדֶךָ, אֵין לְךָ בְיָדִי, פָּטוּר. מָנֶה לִי בְיָדֶךָ, אֵין לְךָ בְיָדִי אֶלָּא חֲמִשִּׁים דִּינָר, חַיָּב. מָנֶה לְאַבָּא בְיָדֶךָ, אֵין לְךָ בְיָדִי אֶלָּא חֲמִשִּׁים דִּינָר, פָּטוּר, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא כְמֵשִׁיב אֲבֵדָה:

The oath of the judges, [is for] a claim of two silver [coins], and an admission with the value of a perutah [a small coin], and if the admission is not of the same type [of item] as the claim, he is exempt. How so? You have two silver coins of mine, [and one replies,] I only have a perutah of yours, he is exempt. You have two silver coins and a perutah of mine, [and one replies,] I only have a perutah of yours, he is liable. You have a maneh [one hundred zuz] of mine, [and one replies,] I do not have anything of yours, he is exempt. You have a maneh of mine [and one replies,] I only have fifty dinar [half a maneh], he is liable. You have a maneh of my father [and one replies,] I only have fifty dinar, he is exempt, because it is like returning a lost object.

Mishnah 2ב׳

מָנֶה לִי בְיָדֶךָ, אָמַר לוֹ בִּפְנֵי עֵדִים הֵן. לְמָחָר אָמַר לוֹ תְּנֵהוּ לִי. נְתַתִּיו לָךְ, פָּטוּר. אֵין לְךָ בְיָדִי, חַיָּב. מָנֶה לִי בְיָדֶךָ, אָמַר לוֹ הֵן, אַל תִּתְּנֵהוּ לִי אֶלָּא בְעֵדִים. לְמָחָר אָמַר לוֹ תְּנֵהוּ לִי, נְתַתִּיו לָךְ, חַיָּב, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁצָּרִיךְ לִתְּנוֹ לוֹ בְעֵדִים:

You have a maneh of mine, he said to him before witnesses, yes, and the next day he said to him, give it to me, [and he replies] I gave it to you, he is exempt. I do not have anything of yours, he is liable. You have a maneh of mine, he said to him, yes, do not give it to me,only in front of witnesses, the next day, he said to him, give it to me, [and he replies] I gave it to you, he is liable, because he needs to give it to him before witnesses.

Mishnah 3ג׳

לִיטְרָא זָהָב יֶשׁ לִי בְיָדֶךָ, אֵין לְךָ בְיָדִי אֶלָּא לִיטְרָא כֶסֶף, פָּטוּר. דִּינַר זָהָב יֶשׁ לִי בְיָדֶךָ, אֵין לְךָ בְיָדִי אֶלָּא דִּינַר כֶּסֶף, וּטְרִיסִית וּפֻנְדְּיוֹן וּפְרוּטָה, חַיָּב, שֶׁהַכֹּל מִין מַטְבֵּעַ אַחַת. כּוֹר תְּבוּאָה יֶשׁ לִי בְיָדֶךָ, אֵין לְךָ בְיָדִי אֶלָּא לֶתֶךְ קִטְנִית, פָּטוּר. כּוֹר פֵּרוֹת יֶשׁ לִי בְיָדֶךָ, אֵין לְךָ בְיָדִי אֶלָּא לֶתֶךְ קִטְנִית, חַיָּב, שֶׁהַקִּטְנִית בִּכְלַל פֵּרוֹת. טְעָנוֹ חִטִּין, וְהוֹדָה לוֹ בִשְׂעֹרִים, פָּטוּר. וְרַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל מְחַיֵּב. הַטּוֹעֵן לַחֲבֵרוֹ בְכַדֵּי שֶׁמֶן וְהוֹדָה לוֹ בַקַּנְקַנִּים, אַדְמוֹן אוֹמֵר, הוֹאִיל וְהוֹדָה לוֹ מִקְצָת מִמִּין הַטַּעֲנָה, יִשָּׁבֵעַ. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, אֵין הַהוֹדָאָה מִמִּין הַטַּעֲנָה. אָמַר רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל, רוֹאֶה אֲנִי אֶת דִּבְרֵי אַדְמוֹן. טְעָנוֹ כֵלִים וְקַרְקָעוֹת, וְהוֹדָה בַכֵּלִים וְכָפַר בַּקַּרְקָעוֹת, בַּקַּרְקָעוֹת וְכָפַר בַּכֵּלִים, פָּטוּר. הוֹדָה בְמִקְצָת הַקַּרְקָעוֹת, פָּטוּר. בְּמִקְצָת הַכֵּלִים, חַיָּב, שֶׁהַנְּכָסִים שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם אַחֲרָיוּת זוֹקְקִין אֶת הַנְּכָסִים שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהֶן אַחֲרָיוּת לִשָּׁבַע עֲלֵיהֶן:

You have a litra [pound] of gold of mine, [and he replies] I only have a litra of silver of yours, he is exempt. You have a dinar of gold of mine, [and he replies] I only have dinar of silver of yours or a terisit [eight perutah], a pundion [sixteen perutah], or a perutah of yours, he is liable, because all are a type of single coin. You have a kor of grain of mine, [and he re replies] I only have a letekh [half kor] of beans of yours, he is exempt. You have a kor of fruit of mine [and one replies] I only have a letekh of beans of yours, he is liable, because beans are in the category of fruit. If they claimed wheat, and one admitted to him about barley, he is exempt, but Rabban Gamliel makes liable. The one who claims to his fellow about jugs of oil, and admitted to him about vessels, Admon says, since he admitted to him some of the [same] type of claim, he should swear, but the Sages say, the admission is not of the [same] type as the claim. Rabban Gamliel said, I see the words of Admon. If they claimed vessels and land, and one admitted to vessels but denied land or to land but denied vessels, he is exempt. He admitted to some of the lands he is exempt, but some of the vessels, he is liable, because property that cannot be mortgaged join with property that can be mortgaged to swear upon them.

Mishnah 4ד׳

אֵין נִשְׁבָּעִין עַל טַעֲנַת חֵרֵשׁ שׁוֹטֶה וְקָטָן, וְאֵין מַשְׁבִּיעִין אֶת הַקָּטָן, אֲבָל נִשְׁבָּעִים לַקָּטָן וְלַהֶקְדֵּשׁ:

We do not swear on the claim of a deaf-mute, a shoteh, or a minor, and one does not make a minor swear, but we swear against a minor or sanctified objects.

Mishnah 5ה׳

וְאֵלּוּ דְבָרִים שֶׁאֵין נִשְׁבָּעִין עֲלֵיהֶן, הָעֲבָדִים, וְהַשְּׁטָרוֹת, וְהַקַּרְקָעוֹת, וְהַהֶקְדֵּשׁוֹת. אֵין בָּהֶן תַּשְׁלוּמֵי כֶפֶל וְלֹא תַשְׁלוּמֵי אַרְבָּעָה וַחֲמִשָּׁה. שׁוֹמֵר חִנָּם אֵינוֹ נִשְׁבָּע. נוֹשֵׂא שָׂכָר אֵינוֹ מְשַׁלֵּם. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, קָדָשִׁים שֶׁחַיָּב בְּאַחֲרָיוּתָן, נִשְׁבָּעִין עֲלֵיהֶן. וְשֶׁאֵינוֹ חַיָּב בְּאַחֲרָיוּתָן, אֵין נִשְׁבָּעִין עֲלֵיהֶם:

And these are the things which one does not swear upon, slaves, documents, lands, and sanctified objects. They are not subject to double penalty nor a penalty of fourfold or fivefold. An unpaid guardian does not swear, a paid guardian does not pay. Rabbi Shimon says, for sacrifices for which one is responsible for them [their replacement], we swear upon them, but [for those] that he is not responsible for them, we do not swear upon them.

Mishnah 6ו׳

רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר, יֵשׁ דְּבָרִים שֶׁהֵן כַּקַּרְקַע וְאֵינָן כַּקַּרְקַע, וְאֵין חֲכָמִים מוֹדִים לוֹ. כֵּיצַד, עֶשֶׂר גְּפָנִים טְעוּנוֹת מָסַרְתִּי לָךְ, וְהַלָּה אוֹמֵר אֵינָן אֶלָּא חָמֵשׁ, רַבִּי מֵאִיר מְחַיֵּב שְׁבוּעָה. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, כָּל הַמְחֻבָּר לַקַּרְקַע הֲרֵי הוּא כַקַּרְקַע. אֵין נִשְׁבָּעִין אֶלָּא עַל דָּבָר שֶׁבַּמִּדָּה וְשֶׁבַּמִּשְׁקָל וְשֶׁבַּמִּנְיָן. כֵּיצַד, בַּיִת מָלֵא מָסַרְתִּי לָךְ וְכִיס מָלֵא מָסַרְתִּי לָךְ, וְהַלָּה אוֹמֵר אֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ אֶלָּא מַה שֶּׁהִנַּחְתָּ אַתָּה נוֹטֵל, פָּטוּר. זֶה אוֹמֵר עַד הַזִּיז וְזֶה אוֹמֵר עַד הַחַלּוֹן, חַיָּב:

Rabbi Meir says, there are things that are in [like] land and they are not like land, but the Sages do not agree with him. How so? I transferred to you ten laden vines, and this one says, there are only five, Rabbi Meir makes him liable [for an] oath, but the Sages say, anything attached to the ground, it is like the ground. They only swear on a thing [determined] by measure, weight or by number. How so? I transferred to you a full house or I transferred to you a full pouch, and this one says, I do not know, but take whatever you left, he is exempt. This one says, [the produce reached] until the overhang, and this one says, until the window, he is liable.

Mishnah 7ז׳

הַמַּלְוֶה אֶת חֲבֵרוֹ עַל הַמַּשְׁכּוֹן וְאָבַד הַמַּשְׁכּוֹן, אָמַר לוֹ סֶלַע הִלְוִיתִיךָ עָלָיו וְשֶׁקֶל הָיָה שָׁוֶה, וְהַלָּה אוֹמֵר לֹא כִי אֶלָּא סֶלַע הִלְוִיתַנִי עָלָיו וְסֶלַע הָיָה שָׁוֶה, פָּטוּר. סֶלַע הִלְוִיתִיךָ עָלָיו וְשֶׁקֶל הָיָה שָׁוֶה, וְהַלָּה אוֹמֵר לֹא כִי אֶלָּא סֶלַע הִלְוִיתַנִי עָלָיו וּשְׁלשָׁה דִינָרִים הָיָה שָׁוֶה, חַיָּב. סֶלַע הִלְוִיתַנִי עָלָיו וּשְׁתַּיִם הָיָה שָׁוֶה, וְהַלָּה אוֹמֵר לֹא כִי אֶלָּא סֶלַע הִלְוִיתִיךָ עָלָיו וְסֶלַע הָיָה שָׁוֶה, פָּטוּר. סֶלַע הִלְוִיתַנִי עָלָיו וּשְׁתַּיִם הָיָה שָׁוֶה, וְהַלָּה אוֹמֵר לֹא כִי אֶלָּא סֶלַע הִלְוִיתִיךָ עָלָיו וַחֲמִשָּׁה דִינָרִים הָיָה שָׁוֶה, חַיָּב. וּמִי נִשְׁבָּע, מִי שֶׁהַפִּקָּדוֹן אֶצְלוֹ, שֶׁמָּא יִשָּׁבַע זֶה וְיוֹצִיא הַלָּה אֶת הַפִּקָּדוֹן:

The one who loans to his fellow on collateral, and he lost the collateral, and he said to him, I lent you a sela [a silver coin] on it, and it was worth a shekel [half a sela], and this one says, no, you lent me a sela on it, and it was worth a sela, he is exempt. I lent you a sela on it, and it was worth a shekel, and this one says, no, you lent me a sela on it, and it was worth three dinarim [three-fourths a sela], he is liable. You lent me a sela on it, and it was worth two, and this one says, no, I lent you a sela on it, and it was worth a sela, he is exempt. You lent me a sela on it, and it was worth two, and this one says, no, I lent you a sela on it, and it was worth five dinarim, he is liable. And who swears? The one in whose possession the deposit is, lest he [the borrower] swear and this one [the lender] will take out [present] the deposit.