Commentary for Avodah Zarah 73:9
ותיבעי לך לאלתר הוי גיטא דהא לא אתא או דלמא לאחר י"ב חודש דהא איקיים ליה תנאיה אין ה"נ אלא משום דהוית בההוא מניינא
And about this you should ask: does the divorce take effect immediately [on his death] since he could not return, or perhaps only after twelve months when the condition had been fulfilled? [R. Elazar said to him:] Yes, even in this case [I ask my question] but [I asked you this] because you were in the count [of sages who voted to grant her permission to remarry].
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
R. Elazar responds to the old man saying that he had the same question about the mishnah as he did about R. Judah Nesia’s decision to allow the woman in the other case to remarry. He asked this particular man because he evidently was one of the sages who voted with R. Judah Nesi’a. Abaye’s words below will answer this question.
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