Rosh Hashana 1:6 — Forty Pairs of Eidim

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Forty Pairs of Eidim

יוֹתֵר מֵאַרְבָּעִים זוּג
Mishnah ראש השנה א׳:ו׳ · Rosh Hashana 1:6
מַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁעָבְרוּ יוֹתֵר מֵאַרְבָּעִים זוּג,
וְעִכְּבָן רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא בְלוּד.
שָׁלַח לוֹ רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל, אִם מְעַכֵּב אַתָּה אֶת הָרַבִּים,
נִמְצֵאתָ מַכְשִׁילָן לֶעָתִיד לָבֹא:
It once happened that more than forty pairs of witnesses came through,
and they were held from going further by R' Akiva in Lud.
A message came to him from Rabban Gamliel: If you hold back the many,
you turn out to be their stumbling-block for time to come.

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