Commentary for Gittin 127:14

בעל אמר לגירושין ושליש אומר לגירושין והיא אומרת נתן לי ואבד אמר רבי יוחנן הוה דבר שבערוה ואין דבר שבערוה פחות משנים

Rabbah said: R. Huna admits that if the wife says, The depository told me that he gave it to him to divorce with, her word is to be taken. [How can this be?] Is there any statement which we would not accept from the depository himself and yet we would accept from her on his behalf? — What it should be is: If she said, in my presence he gave it to him to divorce me with, her word is taken, because if she liked she could have said that he gave it to her direct.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the rule is that we believe a plea where a stronger one could equally well have been adduced without fear of contradiction. ');">¹²</span>

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