The living cannot deny the living

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The living cannot deny the living

The living cannot deny the living

It is impossible to deny the existence of something living and present. By extension: I am alive and present, and my existence or the act I recounted cannot be denied.

(He said to him: Yehoshua, stand on your feet and let them testify about you! Rabbi Yehoshua stood on his feet and said: If I were alive and he were dead—the living could deny the dead. But now that I am alive and he is alive—how can the living deny the living?! - Berakhot 27b)

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Expression (Hebrew)

אֵין הַחַי מַכְחִישׁ אֶת הַחַי

Definition (Hebrew)

לֹא נִתָּן לְהַכְחִישׁ אֶת קִיּוּמוֹ שֶׁל דָּבָר חַי וְקַיָּם. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: אֲנִי חַי וְקַיָּם וְלֹא נִתָּן לְהַכְחִישׁ אֶת קִיּוּמִי אוֹ אֶת הַמַּעֲשֶׂה שֶׁסִּפַּרְתִּי.

("אָמַר לֵהּ: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, עַמּוּד עַל רַגְלֶיךָ ויעידו בָּךְ! עָמַד רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ עַל רַגְלָיו וְאָמַר: אלמלא אֲנִי חַי וְהוּא מֵת- יָכוֹל הַחַי לְהַכְחִישׁ אֶת הַמֵּת, וְעַכְשָׁו שֶׁאֲנִי חַי וְהוּא חַי - היאך יָכוֹל הַחַי לְהַכְחִישׁ אֶת הַחַי?!"- בְּרָכוֹת כז ע"ב)

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