Commentary for Gittin 56:15
לעולם מת ממש ונהרג ממש ודקאמרת דכוותיה גבי עובדי כוכבים אמאי לא והא קי"ל דכל מסיח לפי תומו הימוני מהימני ה"מ במילתא דלא שייכי בה אבל במילתא דשייכי בה עבדי לאחזוקי שיקרייהו
<b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. THREE STATEMENTS WERE MADE BY R. ELEAZAR B. PERATA BEFORE THE SAGES, WHO FORMALLY APPROVED OF THEM. [HE SAID] THAT [PEOPLE IN] A BESIEGED TOWN, [PEOPLE] IN A SHIP STORM-TOSSED AT SEA, AND A MAN WHO HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO COURT TO BE TRIED [FOR HIS LIFE] ARE PRESUMED TO BE ALIVE [SO LONG AS THEY ARE NOT KNOWN TO BE DEAD]. [PEOPLE, HOWEVER,] IN A BESIEGED TOWN WHICH HAS BEEN CAPTURED OR [IN] A SHIP WHICH HAS BEEN LOST AT SEA OR A MAN WHO HAS BEEN LED OUT TO EXECUTION ARE PRESUMED TO BE EITHER ALIVE OR DEAD ACCORDING TO WHICHEVER VIEW ENTAILS THE GREATER RIGOUR. [HENCE] THE DAUGHTER OF AN ORDINARY ISRAELITE WHO HAS MARRIED A PRIEST OR THE DAUGHTER OF A PRIEST WHO HAS MARRIED AN ORDINARY ISRAELITE MAY NOT EAT OF THE <i>TERUMAH</i> [IF THE HUSBAND HAS DISAPPEARED IN THIS WAY].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the former case we presume the husband to be dead, in the latter, to be alive. ');"><sup>14</sup></span>
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