In our “Random Torah” post for today, we take a look at a Mishnah in Masechet Sanhedrin. In our Mishnah we take a look at some of the people who cannot be considered to be legal witnesses. Let’s see – an event takes place, and we need valid witnesses to testify about it. Who do we ask? Some will say we can ask anyone who was there. But how can we know if the witnesses themselves are reliable?! Perhaps they are liars conspiring a plan – as we know with the case of Eidim Zommemim (conspiring witnesses) from Masechet Makot? After all, anyone can say anything about anything for any purpose. That doesn’t mean they can be believed! Our Mishnah gives us an insight into seeing the value of another person as being reliable for the sake of testimony.
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