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Our daf also quotes in full a Mishnah that appears in Massechet Sanhedrin (24b) that lists people who will not be accepted as witnesses in a Jewish court, because they are involved in monetary shenanigans that are forbidden by the Sages.
These people include dice players, money lenders who take interest, people who gamble on pigeon races, and those who market produce from the Sabbatical year.
We explore the Halachic legal system of courts with reference to modern Israeli judicial system,
Then meditate on Kafka's deconstruction of the modern state and its use and abuse of power through the courts.