Commentary for Ketubot 156:1

ת"ש דתניא א"ר יהודה אמרו לפני ר"ג הואיל וזו אשתו וזו אשתו זו מכרה בטל אף זו מכרה בטל אמר להן על החדשים אנו בושים אלא שאתם מגלגלים עלינו את הישנים שמע מינה דיעבד קאמר שמע מינה

Come and hear what was taught in the following. R. Judah stated: They argued before R. Gamaliel, “Since this one is his wife and the other is his wife, just as a sale by the former is invalid so also should a sale by the latter be invalid.” He replied, “We are in an embarrassed condition with regard to [the problem of] her new possessions and you wish to involve us [in the problem of] her old ones also?” Thus it may be inferred that he referred to a case of ex post facto also. Learn from this. It was taught: R. Hanina b. Akavia said:

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