Commentary for Sanhedrin 146:9

אמר רבא במקפדת על פיגמה ומניחתו שלא יהרגנה רבנן סברי אפיגמה קפיד רחמנא והרי מקפדת על פיגמה ורבי יהודה האי דקאמר רחמנא קטליה משום דמסרה נפשה לקטלא הא לא מסרה נפשה לקטלא

differ? — Raba said: when she objects to dishonour, yet permits him, so that he should not slay her. The Rabbis maintain, The Divine Law was insistent for her honour, and since she too is particular about it. [her pursuer may be slain]. But R. Judah maintains that the reason that the Divine Law decreed that he should be slain is because she is prepared to give her own life [rather than be violated]; but this one is not prepared to do so.

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