Curriculum
Chapter 1
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- Eidus Lesson 1 - Simon 28.1-2: The obligation to testify, and the cherem on one who does not testify
- Eidus Lesson 2 - Simon 28.3-4: A Jewish Witness who Testifies for a non-Jew
- Eidus Lesson 3 - Simon 28.5: The testimony of a Talmid Chacham, testimony against an alim and whether w itnesses must stand
- Eidus Lesson 4 - Simon 28.5-6: The testimony of a Talmid Chacham, the seating of the judges while testimony is heard, and the law of a translator in Beis Din
- Eidus Lesson 5 - Simon 28.7-10: Threatening the witnesses, and how they give their testimony
- Eidus Lesson 6 - Simon 28.11-13: The laws of written testimony and the validity of witnesses’ signatures on a document
- Eidus Lesson 7 - Simon 28.13-14: A Witness who is reminded of his testimony by various people
- Eidus Lesson 8 - Simon 28.15: Testimony given not in the presence of a litigant
- Eidus Lesson 9 - Simon 28.16: When testimony is accepted not in the presence of the litigant
- Eidus Lesson 10 - Simon 28.16-18: More examples of when testimony is accepted in the absence of a litigant
- Eidus Lesson 11 - Simon 28.19-24: Various details about testimony and a document of acceptance of testimony
- Eidus Lesson 12 - Simon 28.24-26,29.1: Testimony at night, dayanim standing, and the beginning of the laws of retracting from testimony
- Eidus Lesson 13 - Simon 29.1: Witnesses who retract
- Eidus Lesson 14 - Simon 29.2-3,30.1: A witness who says “I didn’t see” and the laws of cross-examining
- Eidus Lesson 15 - Simon 30.1-2: More on the laws of cross-examination
- Eidus Lesson 16 - Simon 30.2-4: More on the subject of drisha and chakira (cross-examination) and contradictions between witnesses
- Eidus Lesson 17 - Simon 30.5-7: Sole testimony
- Eidus Lesson 18 - SImon 30.8-10: Various Combinations of Testimonies
- Eidus Lesson 19 - Simon 30.11-14: Combining Dayanim, Testimony on half of a matter and Edus Yediya.
- Eidus Lesson 20 - Simon 31.1-2: The Validity of groups of witnesses that contradict each other
- Eidus Lesson 21 - Simon 31.3-4: Collecting these two loan documents against two borrowers, and a litigant whose witnesses have been falsified.
- Eidus Lesson 22 - Simon 32.1-2: Admission before witnesses, and the Halacha for one who hires false witnesses to testify against someone
- Eidus Lesson 23 - Simon 33.1-2: Testimony of Relatives
Chapter 2
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- Eidus Lesson 24 - Simon 33.2: Continuation of laws of disqualification of relatives to testify
- Eidus Lesson 25 - Simon 33.3-7: Continuation of laws of Relatives’ Disqualifications as Witnesses
- Eidus Lesson 26 - Testimony of a fiancé, brothers who convert and other sorts of relations
- Eidus Lesson 27 - Simon 33.13-16: A biased witness and various laws concerning witnesses who are related
- Eidus Lesson 28 - Simon 33.17-18,34.1: Completion of laws of testimony of relatives, and testimony of a rasha
- Eidus Lesson 29 - Simon 34.2-4: Who is the “Rasha“ who is disqualified from testimony?
- Eidus Lesson 30 - Simon 34.5-7: One who violates an oath, a butcher who deals in neveilos, and a gazlan
- Eidus Lesson 31 - Simon 34.8-10: The disqualification of Edim Zomemim and transgressors of usury from testimony
- Eidus Lesson 32 - Simon 34.11-13: Disqualifications for testimony of usurers and disqualifications DeRabbanan
- Eidus Lesson 33 - Simon 34.14-16: The disqualification from testimony of tax collectors, sharecroppers and gamblers
- Eidus Lesson 34 - Simon 34.16-17: Disqualification from Testimony of a dice payer and am Haaretz
- Eidus Lesson 35 - Simon 34.18-19: Disqualifications from testimony due to disgraceful behavior, and the disqualification of a non-Jew or slave
- Eidus Lesson 36 - Simon 34.20-23: The disqualification for testimony of a sonei, an informant, a Mamzeir and other cases, and whether there is a need for hachraza.
- Eidus Lesson 37 - Simon 34.24-26: Disqualification from testimony for those who sin accidentally, one who incriminates himself and Palginan Diburei
- Eidus Lesson 38 - Simon 34.27-29: The disqualification from testimony of one who contradicts a witness, and the process by which a rasha becomes a kasher witness again
- Eidus Lesson 39 - Simon 34.30-35: More concerning how Reshayim can regain Kashrus for testimony
- Eidus Lesson 40 - Simon 35.1-4: The Testimony of a Katan
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- Eidus Lesson 41 - Simon 35.5-8: Other Cases of Disqualifications of Witnesses
- Eidus Lesson 42 - Simon 35.9-13: The Disqualification from Testimony of a deaf-mute, a Blind Person and others
- Eidus Lesson 43 - Simon 35.14-36.1: The Disqualification from testimony of a woman, and the din of “one of them is found to be a relative or disqualified”
- Eidus Lesson 44 - Simon 36.1: Continuation of the Halachos of “one of them is found to be Karov or Pasul”
- Eidus Lesson 45 - Simon 36.2-37.1: Conclusion of Dinim concerning witnesses who are relatives or have other disqualifications
- Eidus Lesson 46 - Simon 37.2-6: Several cases of potential bias in testimony
- Eidus Lesson 47 - Simon 37.7-11: More cases of Bias in Testimony
- Eidus Lesson 48 - Simon 37.12-13: Testimony of tenants, and if a lender or guarantor can testify for the borrower
- Eidus Lesson 49 - Simon 37.14-15: The First Buyer testifying for the second one and testimony of a seller for his Buyer
- Eidus Lesson 50 - Simon 37.16: The First Buyer testifies for the second Buyer, and the Testimony of the Seller for the Buyer
- Eidus Lesson 51 - Simon 37.17: The Testimony of the stolen one and the one stolen for?
- Eidus Lesson 52 - Simon 37.18-19: Testimony of city residents on the needs of their city
- Eidus Lesson 53 - Simon 37.20-22: Conclusion of Dinim concerning Bais Din testimony, and the Dinim of Takkanos of the community and customs
- Eidus Lesson 54 - Simon 38.1: Edim Zomemim (Some of the Dinim brought by the Tur)
- Eidus Lesson 55 - Simon 38.1:Completion of the Laws of Edim Zomemim
Rabbi Peretz Moncharsh
Rabbi Peretz Moncharsh was born and raised in Minneapolis, MN and learned in the Yeshivos of Philadelphia, Brisk- R Dovid, Mir and Kollel La’asukei Shmaytsa. He currently lives in Beitar and is a Moreh Horaah on both the Ashkenazi and Sefardi Batei Horaah as well as the Rosh Kollel of Kollel Shaarei Horaah. Rabbi Moncharsh received Semicha from R’ Zalman Nechemia Goldberg, R’ Yaakov Tufik (the Sefaradi Rav of Beitar) and the Rabbanut.