Day #322–Rambam DAILY Sefer HaMitzvos

B hasem it is day number 322 of our daily study ofz and in the three chapters ofday study track of M We are continuing hus the laws of testimony chapters 2 3 and four we have one mits for today positive commandment 179 the mitva that the judges have to examine the witnesses now I think most of us imagine the court the way it is in Western Society where the lawyers do the questioning but that's not the way that it's done in a Jewish Court the judges ask the questions and it's a very thorough process of questioning this is based on the verse Deuteronomy 13:15 where it says the the alto you should inquire and investigate and ask really well meaning thoroughly rigorously uh the point is that it's not suppos supposed to be a cakewalk to come in and give testimony the judges are supposed to really drill the witnesses and order to expose any potential inconsistencies that there might be and uh you know we don't want to convict anybody wrongfully so it's it's not supposed to be easy now what are the differences between all the the the types we call what you know the are these just synonyms no they have specific meanings um the type of questioning which is called D are asking questions about the main subject of the testimony like for instance the person's on trial for worshiping an idol they might say which Idol did he worship or if he's on trial for uh murder what was the weapon that he used thenir are uh other types of information like when did this happen uh what was the year uh what year of the shmita cycle was it what was the month what was the the day of the month what was the the week the hour uh what was the location where did this take place so th th those are the um and and the again the point of it is to make sure that we have really solid testimony okay those that is our Mitzvah just we had one Mitzvah today that is our mitzvah for today we'll see you for more tomorrow God willing