Commentary for Sanhedrin 16:3

אביי אמר דכולי עלמא חיישינן ללעז ומשום כבודן של ראשונים הכא במאי עסקינן כגון דאתרו בה סתם

of the group, namely R. Hiyya b. Abin, have elucidated it. The case in question is one in which the husband attested his wife's guilt by witnesses. Her father, however, brought witnesses refuting their evidence.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By proving them to be Zomemim, 'plotters', 'schemers', as having been absent at the time of the alleged offence and so subject to the penalties under the law of retaliation. V. Deut. XIX, 18-19, and Mak. I, 2-4. V. Glos. ');">⁵</span> In that case the father's monetary claim from the husband<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The hundred pieces of silver, compensation for libel. V. Deut. XXII, 19. ');">⁶</span>

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