Commentary for Berakhot 53:6
רבי יהודה בן בבא העיד חמשה דברים שממאנין את הקטנה ושמשיאין את האשה על פי עד אחד ועל תרנגול שנסקל בירושלים על שהרג את הנפש ועל יין בן ארבעים יום שנתנסך על גבי המזבח ועל תמיד של שחר שקרב בארבע שעות
We permit a woman to repudiate a marriage which has been contracted for her while she was a minor; we permit a woman to remarry although there is only one witness ; and concerning a cock which was stoned in Jerusalem for having killed a child; and that wine forty days old was poured over the altar; and concerning the morning continual offering that it was brought in the first four hours.
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Special circumstances of a rather complicated nature are implied here ; see Rashi.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
To prove her husband's death in a foreign country. For all other matters two witnesses are required.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
I.e. the law of the goring ox (Exod. xxi. 29) was extended to all animals.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
The wine of the drink-offering must be at least forty days old, otherwise it is not called "strong drink" as required by Num. xxviii. 7.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
This is in agreement with R. Judah's view that tbe morning Tefillah may be said until the fourth hour.
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