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Who may not testify?

Many are pasul only mid'Rabbanan
Those who chase money can be bribed
Some paid witnesses to lie about the moon

Dice players

Restrictivethe ones who are unfit:
Taking another's money — or: no honest work (Rambam)

Lenders at interest

Pigeon-racers

Or: those who lure others' birds

Traders in Shemittah produce

And slaves

The rule: where a woman may not testify, neither may they

General ruleThis is the general rule:
A woman may testify that a husband died
Restrictivethey too are not fit for it.
Rosh Hashana 1:8

Who Is Pasul as an Eid

אֵלּוּ הֵן הַפְּסוּלִין
אֵלּוּ הֵן הַפְּסוּלִין,
הַמְשַׂחֵק בְּקֻבְיָא,
וּמַלְוֵי בְרִבִּית,
וּמַפְרִיחֵי יוֹנִים,
וְסוֹחֲרֵי שְׁבִיעִית,
וַעֲבָדִים.
זֶה הַכְּלָל, כָּל עֵדוּת שֶׁאֵין הָאִשָּׁה כְשֵׁרָה לָהּ,
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