Commentary for Bava Batra 334:13

אמר להו רב הונא בר חיננא הכי אמר רב כל שהוחזק שמו בעיר שלשים יום אין חוששין לו

and carry it to the wife of that person?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whose real name is Joseph b. Simeon: and the woman would thus be able to prove that she had been divorced. ');">³⁴</span> — R. Huna b. Hinena said to them: Thus said Rab; Provided one's name was known in a town [for] thirty days, he need not be suspected.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the name by which he is known is not his real name. No one, it is assumed, would venture to go under a false name for so long a period, for fear of being discovered. ');">³⁵</span> What [is the law where one's name] is not known?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How are the scribe and witnesses to decide whether the name submitted to them is the genuine one? ');">³⁶</span>

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