Commentary for Kiddushin 152:2

אמר רב יהודה א"ר זו דברי ר' מאיר אבל חכמים אומרים כל משפחות בחזקת כשרות הן עומדות איני והאמר רב חמא בר גוריא אמר רב משנתינו כשקורא עליו ערער מאן דמתני הא לא מתני הא

But the Sages maintain: All families stand in the presumption of fitness.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Without investigation.');">³</span> But that is not so, for R'Hama B'Guria said in Rab's name: Our Mishnah refers to where it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The bride's pedigree.');">⁴</span> is contested!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Two witnesses testify that it is rumoured that her descent is blemished, in which even the Rabbis would agree that investigation is required; why then does Rab ascribe the Mishnah only to R. Meir?');">⁵</span> - The one who recited the former [in Rab's name] did not recite the latter.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the Mishnah is assumed to reflect R. Meir's view, it means even if her purity is uncontested; if it is assumed to mean only where it is contested, it agrees even with the Rabbis.');">⁶</span>

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