Commentary for Kiddushin 147:8

אלא למ"ד לדברי המכשיר בה מכשיר בבתה אבא שאול מאי אתא לאשמועינן

with R'Gamaliel! But we learnt it once. For we learnt: If she [an unmarried woman] is pregnant and is asked: 'What is the nature of this child? ' and she replies, 'He is from So-and-so, who is a priest': R'Gamaliel and R'Eliezer said: She is believed; R'Joshua said: We do not live by her words.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., she is disbelieved.');">⁹</span> Now, Rab Judah said in Samuel's name: The halachah agrees with R'Gamaliel!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Then why repeat it?');">¹⁰</span>

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