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“Amen, amen” (Number 5:22), mentioned twice, why?
The mishna explains that it includes of the following: Amen on the curse, as she accepts the curse upon herself if she is guilty, and amen on the oath, as she declares that she is not defiled.
She states: Amen if I committed adultery with this man about whom I was warned, amen if I committed adultery with another man. Amen that I did not stray when I was betrothed nor after I was married.
We explore the double expression and the use of amen in liturgy and as an affirmative.