Commentary for Nedarim 180:8

אמר רבא ומודה רב ששת שאם נתארמלה שאינה אוכלת מידי הוא טעמא אלא משום תוציא לעז על בניה נתארמלה ונתגרשה אמרי השתא דאיתניסא

may she eat of <i>terumah</i>?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If it is true, she certainly must not. Yet the Mishnah in its second recession ruled that she must first prove it. Now the question arises, Do we disbelieve her in all respects, in which case she may eat of terumah, or only in respect of a divorce? ');">¹³</span> — R. Shesheth ruled: She may eat thereof, so as not to cast a stigma upon her children.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If she refrains, it will be assumed that she told the truth, in which case her children may be bastards. ');">¹⁴</span>

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