Commentary for Moed Katan 31:22

אזל א"ל לאבוה איקפד אתא בר קפרא לאיתחזויי ליה א"ל בר קפרא איני מכירך מעולם ידע דנקט מילתא בדעתיה נהג נזיפותא בנפשיה תלתין יומין

Said R'Ashi to Amemar, But it is taught: 'Rabban Simeon B'Gamaliel says that if one of the disciples "separated" someone and died, his part is not nullified'! Does not this meal, that it cannot be nullified at all? - No, [it means] not until a body of three others come and release him. Our Rabbis taught: No 'separation' ban holds less than thirty days and no 'reproof'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Nezfah, a 'snub'; sometimes ge'arah, a 'shout'. Cf. Gen. XXXVII, 10 and Zech. II, 2.');">⁴⁰</span> holds less than seven days; and although there is no direct proof on that point, there is an [indirect] 'indication' of it: If h father had but spit in her face, should she<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Miriam.');">⁴¹</span>

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