Commentary for Sanhedrin 41:4
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> למימרא דר' יהודה דריש טעמא דקרא ור"ש לא דריש טעמא דקרא והא איפכא שמעינן להו
and R. Simeon doesnot?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Therefore, notwithstanding the explicit statement that the king must not multiply wives, R. Judah permits it, where the feared consequences will not follow; whilst R. Simeon keeps to the letter of the law. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> But we find the reverse; forit has been taught: A pledge must not be taken from a widow, whether pooror rich, as it is written, Thou shalt not take the widow's raiment topledge:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXIV, 17. ');"><sup>8</sup></span>
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