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הָיוּ חֲמִשָּׁה תוֹבְעִין אוֹתוֹ, אָמְרוּ לוֹ תֶּן לָנוּ פִקָּדוֹן שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָנוּ בְיָדֶךָ, שְׁבוּעָה שֶׁאֵין לָכֶם בְּיָדִי, אֵינוֹ חַיָּב אֶלָּא אַחַת. שְׁבוּעָה שֶׁאֵין לְךָ בְיָדִי וְלֹא לְךָ וְלֹא לְךָ, חַיָּב עַל כָּל אַחַת וְאֶחָת. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, עַד שֶׁיֹּאמַר שְׁבוּעָה בָאַחֲרוֹנָה. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, עַד שֶׁיֹּאמַר שְׁבוּעָה לְכָל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד. תֶּן לִי פִקָּדוֹן וּתְשׂוּמֶת יָד גָּזֵל וַאֲבֵדָה שֶׁיֵּשׁ לִי בְיָדֶךָ, שְׁבוּעָה שֶׁאֵין לְךָ בְיָדִי, אֵינוֹ חַיָּב אֶלָּא אַחַת. שְׁבוּעָה שֶׁאֵין לְךָ בְיָדִי פִקָּדוֹן וּתְשׂוּמֶת יָד וְגָזֵל וַאֲבֵדָה, חַיָּב עַל כָּל אַחַת וְאֶחָת. תֶּן לִי חִטִּין וּשְׂעֹרִין וְכֻסְּמִין שֶׁיֵּשׁ לִי בְיָדֶךָ, שְׁבוּעָה שֶׁאֵין לְךָ בְיָדִי, אֵינוֹ חַיָּב אֶלָּא אַחַת. שְׁבוּעָה שֶׁאֵין לְךָ בְיָדִי חִטִּין וּשְׂעֹרִין וְכֻסְּמִים, חַיָּב עַל כָּל אַחַת וְאֶחָת. רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר, אֲפִלּוּ אָמַר חִטָּה וּשְׂעֹרָה וְכֻסֶּמֶת, חַיָּב עַל כָּל אַחַת וְאֶחָת:

If five men claimed from him: "Give us our pledge that you have," (and he said:) "I swear that I do not have it," he is liable only for one. "I swear that I have neither yours, nor yours, nor yours, he is liable for each one. R. Eliezer says: (He is not liable for each one) until he says "upon oath" at the end, [viz.: "I have neither yours, nor yours, nor yours, upon oath," so that the oath appertains to all.] R. Shimon says: Until he says "I swear" for each one. [The halachah is neither in accordance with R. Eliezer nor with R. Shimon.] "Give me my pledge, my loan, (restoration of) my theft, and my lost object that you have." "I swear that I do not have it" — he is liable only for one. "I swear that I have neither pledge, nor loan, nor theft, nor lost object" — he is liable for each one. "Give me my wheat, my barley, and my spelt that you have." "I swear that I do not have it" — he is liable only for one. "I swear that I have neither wheat, nor barley, nor spelt" — he is liable for each one. R. Meir says: Even if he says "a wheat, a barley, and a spelt," he is liable for each one. [R. Meir holds that if one claims "a wheat," he means the wheat species (and not an individual grain). The same is true for barley and spelt, viz. (Exodus 9:32): "And the wheat and the barley were not smitten." So that it is as if he were claiming "wheat, barley, and spelt." The rabbis hold (that he means) one grain of wheat, of barley, and of spelt. The halachah is not in accordance with R. Meir.]

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