Rosh Hashana 1:7 — Relatives as Witnesses

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Relatives as Witnesses

אָב וּבְנוֹ שֶׁרָאוּ אֶת הַחֹדֶשׁ
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Mishnah ראש השנה א׳:ז׳ · Rosh Hashana 1:7
אָב וּבְנוֹ שֶׁרָאוּ אֶת הַחֹדֶשׁ, יֵלְכוּ.
לֹא שֶׁמִּצְטָרְפִין זֶה עִם זֶה,
אֶלָּא שֶׁאִם יִפָּסֵל אֶחָד מֵהֶן,
יִצְטָרֵף הַשֵּׁנִי עִם אַחֵר.
רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, אָב וּבְנוֹ וְכָל הַקְּרוֹבִין, כְּשֵׁרִין לְעֵדוּת הַחֹדֶשׁ.
אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי, מַעֲשֶׂה בְטוֹבִיָּה הָרוֹפֵא,
שֶׁרָאָה אֶת הַחֹדֶשׁ בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם, הוּא וּבְנוֹ וְעַבְדּוֹ מְשֻׁחְרָר,
וְקִבְּלוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים אוֹתוֹ וְאֶת בְּנוֹ, וּפָסְלוּ אֶת עַבְדּוֹ.
וּכְשֶׁבָּאוּ לִפְנֵי בֵית דִּין, קִבְּלוּ אוֹתוֹ וְאֶת עַבְדּוֹ, וּפָסְלוּ אֶת בְּנוֹ:
A father and his son who saw the new moon — they should go.
Not that they join with one another,
but that if one of them is disqualified,
the other may join with someone else.
R' Shimon says: A father and his son and all relatives — they are fit for edus hachodesh, testimony on the new moon.
R' Yosi said: It once happened with Tuviah the doctor,
who saw the new moon in Yerushalayim — Tuviah, his son, and his freed slave.
The Kohanim accepted Tuviah and his son, and disqualified the slave.
And when the three came before Beis Din, they accepted Tuviah and the slave, and disqualified the son.

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