Commentary for Shevuot 65:2

אמר רבינא הכא במאי עסקינן כגון שהיתה שניה בשעת כפירת ראשונה קרובין בנשותיהן ונשותיהן גוססות מהו דתימא רוב גוססים למיתה קמ"ל (השתא מיהא לא שכיב):

and their wives were dying: you might have thought [because we say] the majority of dying people actually die [the second set are eligible],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because we assume the wives are counted as dead, therefore the witnesses are no longer related to each other; and since they are now eligible, the first set should be exempt, because the second set are there to give evidence.');">³</span> therefore he teaches us [that they are not], because as yet the wives are not dead.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The first set are therefore liable, because they alone are eligible, and by withholding their testimony they make the claimant incur a loss.');">⁴</span>

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