Commentaire sur Ketoubot 2:7
וְכֵן שְׁנֵי אֲנָשִׁים, זֶה אוֹמֵר כֹּהֵן אָנִי וְזֶה אוֹמֵר כֹּהֵן אָנִי, אֵינָן נֶאֱמָנִין. וּבִזְמַן שֶׁהֵן מְעִידִין זֶה אֶת זֶה, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ נֶאֱמָנִין:
De même, avec deux hommes, si l'un disait: Je suis un Cohein, et l'autre dit: Je suis un Cohein, on ne pense pas [qu'on leur donne de la terumah]. Et quand ils témoignent l'un pour l'autre, [chacun disant: Moi et mon ami sommes Cohanim], ils sont crus.
Bartenura on Mishnah Ketubot
אינן נאמנים – to give to them Terumah/priest’s due.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Ketubot
Introduction
This mishnah illustrates the same principle employed in yesterday’s mishnah, but uses the example of men who claim to be priests.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Ketubot
ובזמן שהן מעידין זה על זה – for each one says, “I and my colleague is a Kohen.”
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English Explanation of Mishnah Ketubot
And likewise two men, [if] one says, “I am a priest”, and the other says, “I am a priest”, they are not believed. When each man claims to be a priest, neither is believed and neither will receive terumah. Just as in yesterday’s mishnah, where a woman could not testify with regard to her own personal status, so too in today’s mishnah a man cannot testify with regard to his own status.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Ketubot
But when they testify about one another, they are believed. However, if both men corroborate the other’s testimony they are believed.
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