Commentary for Gittin 128:2

וליהמנה לדידה מדרב המנונא דאמר רב המנונא האשה שאמרה לבעלה גירשתני נאמנת חזקה אין האשה מעיזה פניה בפני בעלה

Then let us believe the woman herself, in accordance with R. Hamnuna; for R. Hamnuna said: If a woman says to her husband, You have divorced me, her word is taken, since the presumption is that a woman would not have the impudence to say this in the face of her husband [if it were not true]? — That is so where she has no confirmation; but where she has some confirmation,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As here. ');">¹</span>

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