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What are the two distinct halachos within eidim she'ata yachol l'hazimam? The Rambam (רמב"ם) holds one halacha (הלכה) requires establishing the witnesses' intention to commit hazamah, needed throughout Torah (תורה). A second halacha requires ability to actually punish the witnesses - this applies only in dinei nefashos due to nefesh tachas nefesh.
This shiur develops the Rambam (רמב"ם)'s understanding of eidim she'ata yachol l'hazimam as containing two distinct halachic requirements. The first halacha (הלכה) requires establishing that the witnesses are eidim zomemim - you must know exactly what they testified and ascertain their intention. This applies throughout the Torah (תורה) in both dinei nefashos and dinei mamonos. The second halacha requires the ability to actually punish the witnesses if they are found to be zomemim. This second requirement applies only in dinei nefashos based on the pasuk of nefesh tachas nefesh. The shiur contrasts this with the Shach's approach, which maintains that even in dinei mamonos you fundamentally need eidim she'ata yachol l'hazimam, except that chazal removed the requirement of drisha v'chakira while assuming witnesses tell the truth. The Rambam disagrees - once chazal removed drisha v'chakira in dinei mamonos, they also removed the need to establish the witnesses' zman, except in specific cases like ben gerusha and ben chalutzah.
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