Commentary for Sotah 36:8
אמרי במערבא לית הילכתא כרב המנונא
Whence is this? Since the Mishnah teaches: [A CHILDLESS WIDOW] WAITING FOR MY BROTHER-IN-LAW'S [DECISION WHETHER HE WOULD MARRY ME] OR TAKEN TO HIS HOUSE. This is quite right if you say that she is prohibited [to her brother-in-law] then he can make a stipulation with her;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In respect of her conduct before he married her; and if she was immoral, he may not marry her. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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