Audio by Shimi Berger

Mishnah Kerisos 3:1: If they [witnesses] said to an individual: You ate forbidden fat, he is liable for a Chattat [an offering brought to expiate sin]. If one witness says he ate, and [another] witness says he did not eat; or if a woman says he ate, and [another] woman says he did not eat, he is liable for an Asham Talui [a guilt-offering brought upon possible commission of a sin]. If one witness says he ate, and he [himself] says, "I did not eat," he is exempt. [If] two [witnesses] say he ate, and he [himself] says, "I did not eat," Rabbi Meir deems him is liable. Rabbi Meir said: Since two [witnesses are capable of] bringing upon him the severe [penalty] of death, can they not bring upon him the less severe [punishment of] a sacrifice? They [the Sages] said to him: Could he not argue, "I did it intentionally"?

אמרו לו אכלת חלב מביא חטאת. עד אומר אכל ועד אומר לא אכל. אשה אומרת אכל. ואשה אומרת לא אכל. מביא אשם תלוי. עד אומר אכל. והוא אומר לא אכלתי. פטור. שנים אומרים אכל. והוא אומר לא אכלתי. רבי מאיר מחייב. אמר רבי מאיר אם הביאוהו שנים למיתה חמורה לא יביאוהו לקרבן הקל. אמרו לו מה אם ירצה לומר מזיד הייתי:

Mishnah Kerisos 3:2: [If] one ate forbidden fat twice under one spell of unawareness, he is liable for one Chattat. If he ate forbidden fat, and blood, and Notar [a sacrifice that becomes unfit due to being unconsumed past the permitted time], and Piggul [a sacrifice that becomes unfit due to the intention of the officiating priest while offering it, to consume it after its permitted time] under one spell of unawareness, he is liable for each kind. This is [an instance] where different kinds [of material] are more stringent than one kind. And [there is] a stringency with one kind [of material] compared to several kinds such that if [one] ate half an olive-bulk [of forbidden material], and then again half an olive-size of the same kind, he is liable; [if the two pieces were] of two kinds, he is exempt.

אכל חלב וחלב בהעלם אחד. אינו חייב אלא חטאת אחת. אכל חלב ודם ונותר ופיגול בהעלם אחד. חייב על כל אחד ואחד. זה חומר במינין הרבה ממין אחד. וחומר במין אחד ממינין הרבה. שאם אכל כחצי זית. וחזר ואכל כחצי זית ממין אחד. חייב. משני מינין פטור:

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