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Eight different interpretations are brought to explain what the case in the mishna is where Rabbi Meir and the rabbis debate whether one who claims his wife was not a virgin when they got married (and that she had relations with someone after the engagement) is done in a court of 3 or 23, and what is the issue of their debate.
Can we have a case where false witnesses can incur the death penalty and also incur payment?
Generally speaking, halakha does not allow a person to incriminate themselves.
Based on this rule Rav Yosef teaches that if someone makes a statement that will incriminate him the court will reject the statement in its entirety.
We explore self incrimination in Halacha.