To take evidence (גָּבָה עֵדוּת)
To take evidence (גָּבָה עֵדוּת)

To take evidence

To investigate and inquire a person’s knowledge testimonies that he heard or saw for the purpose of a legal proceeding.

(Indeed they take evidence about the mute one who is not before them... It is good for the judge to collect the evidence in secret, telling the mute to bring witnesses, for it is against common sense and law - Yam Shel Shlomo, Massechet Ketubot, chapter 2; and likewise: The study hall of Rabbi Yehudah Hanasi and his students is bustling, their hands full of work: Gathering halachot, hearing reports, collecting 'testimonies', arranging, proofreading, recording - they are putting into a book the Oral Torah!)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גָּבָה עֵדוּת

Definition (Hebrew)

חָקַר וְשָׁאַל אָדָם אוֹדוֹת יְדִיעוֹת שֶׁשָּׁמַע אוֹ רָאָה לְצֹרֶךְ הֲלִיךְ מִשְׁפָּטִי.

("דְּאִין גּוֹבִין עֵדוּת עַל הָאֵלֶם שֶׁלֹּא בְּפָנָיו...טוֹב לוֹ לַדַּיָּן לִגְבּוֹת הָעֵדוּת בְּצִנְעָה, מִלּוֹמַר לְאֵלֶם תָּבִיא אֶת עֵדִים, שֶׁהוּא נֶגֶד הַסְּבָרָא וְהַדִּין"- יָם שֶׁל שְׁלֹמֹה מַסֶּכֶת כְּתֻבּוֹת פֶּרֶק ב, וְכֵן:"בֵּית מִדְרָשָׁם שֶׁל רַבִּי יְהוּדָה הַנָּשִׂיא וְתַלְמִידָיו הוֹלֵךְ וְסוֹעֵר, הַיָּדַיִם מְלֵאוֹת עֲבוֹדָה: מְכַנְּסִים הֲלָכוֹת, מִבְּבָרִים שְׁמוּעוֹת, גּוֹבִים 'עֵדוּיוֹת', מְסַדְּרִים, מַגִּיהִים, רוֹשְׁמִים- הֵם מַעֲלִים עַל סֵפֶר אֶת הַתּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה!"-בְּיָאלִיק/ הֲלָכָה וְאַגָּדָה)

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