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4. Rav'ani Le'onsi 5. Bottom Tosfos 6. Warning by a Shed or by one's self
7. Intent to be Edim
DAF DISCUSSIONS - MAKOS 6

harvey/mechael asked:

The excerpt below is from Makkos 6b.

What good is a warning by a Shed, when we cant bring a shed to court to testify that he gave the warning?

Also what good is a warning by one's self, when there is a law that one can't indict himself by his own words???

[Halachah Outlines, Makos 6]

(i) (Rava): The warning can be even by himself (Rashi - the victim warned him; Kesef Mishnah - the transgressor said 'I know that Beis Din will kill me for this') or by a Shed.

harvey/mechael, lost angeles

The Kollel replies:

The court does not have to see the one who gave the warning. It is enough if witnesses testify that a warning was given by an anonymous being (a "Shed") or that the sinner himself acknowledged that he was committing a sin.

This is not considered indicting himself. It is occurred as part of the crime, rather than as part of the testimony.

Mordecai Kornfeld

Kollel Iyun Hadaf