Yosef Karo

“ When the proof arrives, the defendant can respond. So long as he has not brought the proof, the defendant does not need to respond. If the plaintiff then says I don’t have a proof, the defendant should respond without the plaintiff’s proof. There are those that say that the defendant can swear and will be exempt and the plaintiff can no longer bring a proof. If the defendant requests time to respond to the plaintiff’s claim, if it seems to the court that he just pushing them off, they should not grant the request and the defendant must respond immediately. ”

“ However, if the party wants to place a general cherem on anyone that has a document that supports him that he must show it, we place the cherem. If he claims that he is certain that an individual has a document with a merit for him, the individual will swear a heses oath that he does not have it. ”