Talmud zu Ketubot 11:2
אַלְמָנָה, בֵּין מִן הָאֵרוּסִין בֵּין מִן הַנִּשּׂוּאִין, מוֹכֶרֶת שֶׁלֹּא בְּבֵית דִּין. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, מִן הַנִּשּׂוּאִין, מוֹכֶרֶת שֶׁלֹּא בְּבֵית דִּין. מִן הָאֵרוּסִין, לֹא תִמְכֹּר אֶלָּא בְּבֵית דִּין, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁאֵין לָהּ מְזוֹנוֹת, וְכָל שֶׁאֵין לָהּ מְזוֹנוֹת, לֹא תִמְכֹּר אֶלָּא בְּבֵית דִּין:
Eine Witwe, beide aus Verlobung [in welchem Fall sie nicht gefüttert wird (aus dem Eigentum des Erbes) und sie verkauft ihre Kethuba], beide aus der Ehe [in welchem Fall sie (aus dem Eigentum des Erbes) für Lebensmittel verkauft], verkauft nicht vor Beth-Din. [Das heißt, nicht vor einem Beth-Din von Experten. Aber auf jeden Fall muss sie vor drei verkaufen, die Experten in der Bewertung von Land sind.] R. Shimon sagt: Aus der Ehe, [in welchem Fall sie (Eigentum) für Lebensmittel verkauft], verkauft sie nicht vor Beth-Din, [ denn sie kann nicht sitzen und leiden, bis sie einen Beth-Din findet, aber] von Verlobung [wo ihr Verkauf nur für die Sammlung der Kethuba ist] verkauft sie nur vor Beth-Din. [Die Halacha stimmt nicht mit R. Shimon überein.]
Jerusalem Talmud Makkot
Rebbi Simeon says, since two are executed only if both are plotters, so three are executed only if all three are plotters. And from where even a hundred? The verse says “witnesses”42The repetition, two witnesses or three witnesses, when it could have been “two or three witnesses”, implies that any number of witnesses have the same status as do two..
Rebbi Aqiba says, the third is only mentioned to punish him harshly and to identify his judgment with that of the others. If the verse in this way punished the accessory of criminals like criminals43Since the third witness is not essential for proof in court., so much more it will reward the accessory to one who keeps the commandments as one who keeps the commandments.
Since the testimony of two [witnesses] is invalid if one of them is found to be a relative or a disqualified person51If one witness is disqualified by the rules of Mishnah Sanhedrin either 3:6 or 3:7, there is only one testimony, insufficient by biblical standards., the same holds for three if one of them is found to be a relative or a disqualified person. From where even for a hundred? The verse says42The repetition, two witnesses or three witnesses, when it could have been “two or three witnesses”, implies that any number of witnesses have the same status as do two., witnesses.
Rebbi Yose said, when has this been said? In criminal trials, but in civil trials the testimony should be upheld by the remaining [witnesses]52Since Deut. 19:19 is formulated for criminal trials, the argument that any number of witnesses have the same status as two witnesses is not necessarily true for civil trials. In money matters, any two qualified witnesses can testify. For example, it is admissible that marriage contracts be signed first by two qualified witnesses and after them by any number of family members of both sides (cf. Gittin 8:12, Note 105).. Rebbi says, both in criminal and in civil trials, if they warned them53If in a criminal case a disqualified person or two related persons both warned the perpetrator not to engage in criminal behavior, their action makes them witnesses and all witnesses have to be disqualified under the argument of Mishnah 12. But if they were eye witnesses but not those who delivered the warning, they are not forced to testify; the trial may proceed without them.. But if they did not warn them, what should two brothers do who were eye-witnesses to a murder?