Rabbi Baruch Bodenheim: Wednesday Night Gemara Shiur Bava Metzia 28A Amar Rava (05/02/2012)

Learn Gemara 28A “Amar Rava Im Timtza …” until Mishna.  Questions; 1) Rava lists many cases and their laws, what would be the law in these cases if Simanim are Dirabanan?  Is a Siman Muvhak equal to witnesses?
Rashi “Im Timtza”, Shita Mekubetzes 28A “Im Timtza”. 2) Is Tevias Ayin of a Tzurba Dirabanan equal to witnesses?  3) Is a single witness accepted Midioraisa?   4) Is the size of the string attached to a document a Siman Muvhak? Nimukei Yosef, RoshSiman 14 5) A wife is not believed with the siman that the document is in a folder since she knows her husband places all his documents in folders.  So why is the husband believed with this Siman? Ritva “Hu”. 6) What do we conclude lihalacha, are Simanim Dioraisa? Ritva “Ulinyan”