Commentary for Kiddushin 54:8
אלא דקני לה כשהיא ארוסה ונסתרה כשהיא ארוסה וקא משקי לה כשהיא נשואה
Amen that I did not go aside as an arusah, a nesu'ah, when waiting for the yabam,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the period between her husband's death and either her marriage, (yibum) or her emancipation (halizah) from the yabam.');"><sup>13</sup></span> or as a kenusah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'gathered in,' the designation of a yebamah after her marriage to the yabam.');"><sup>14</sup></span> Now, how is this arusah meant?
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
If the husband warns her when she is a betrothed woman and then she was secluded with him, he should not marry her. He must divorce her. If he does marry her then he too has sinned. If he has sinned, she does not drink the water. So a betrothed woman can never take this oath.
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