Commentary for Sotah 40:12
אמר אביי שמא תפרוס נדה למימרא דבעיתותא מרפיא אין דכתיב (אסתר ד, ד) ותתחלחל המלכה מאד ואמר רב שפירסה נדה והא אנן תנן חרדה מסלקת דמים פחדא צמית ביעתותא מרפיא
But cite the continuation [of the Mishnah]: IF SHE POSSESSED A MERIT, IT [CAUSES THE WATER] TO SUSPEND ITS EFFECT UPON HER — this accords with the view of the Rabbis; because if [it be supposed that it accords with the view of] R. Simeon, behold he has declared: Merit does not cause the water of bitterness to suspend its effect!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 25. Consequently the above teaching cannot be R. Simeon's. ');"><sup>12</sup></span>
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