משנה: דִּינֵי מָמוֹנוֹת דָּנִין בַּיּוֹם וְגוֹמְרִין בַּלַּיְלָה וְדִינֵי נְפָשׁוֹת דָּנִין בַּיּוֹם וְגוֹמְרִין בַּיּוֹם. MISHNAH: Civil suits are tried during the day and may be decided in the night but criminal suits are tried during the day and decided during daytime.
הלכה: דִּינֵי מָמוֹנוֹת דָּנִין בַּיּוֹם כול׳. מְנָלָן. וְשָֽׁפְט֥וּ אֶת־הָעָ֖ם בְּכָל־עֵ֑ת. וְאִית קְרִי לְשֶׁעָבַר. אָמַר רַב שְׁמואֵל בַּר רַב יִצְחָק. כֵּינִי מַתְנִיתָא. שֶׁאִם טָעוּ וְדָנוּ בַלַּיְלָה שֶׁדִּינָם דִּין. תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר וְשָֽׁפְט֣וּ אֶת־הָעָם֘ בְּכָל־עֵת֒. אָמַר. הָא אֲמִירָה. HALAKHAH: “Civil suits are tried during the day,” etc. From where this? They judged the people at all times39Exodus.18.26">Ex. 18:26.. But this is a verse about what happened40Information about what Moses had people do in the desert is quite different from prescription of future organization of courts. The context makes it clear that courts organized on Jethro’s suggestion only handled civil suits between a man and his neighbor.! Rav Samuel41The name must be either Rebbi Samuel bar Rav Isaac or Rav Naḥman bar Rav Isaac; cf. Bava qamma 9:1, Note 12. ben Rav Isaac said: so is the baraita: If they erred and judged in the night, their judgment stands, as the verse said: they shall judge the people at all times42Exodus.18.22">Ex. 18:22, the prescription of future organization. The Sanhedrin.34b">Babli, 34b, disagrees and permits only finishing a trial which started during daytime.. He43The person who had raised the objection in the first place. In Bava qamma 9:1 (Note 16) the expression is used by Rav Nahman bar Jacob. said, that is a statement44A true statement. Yevamot 104a:6:1" href="/Tosafot_on_Yevamot.104a.6.1">Tosaphot Yebamot 104a s. v. מר feel forced to emend the text. This is unnecessary..