Commentary for Sotah 55:3

לעולם לבועל ורישא איידי דתנא אותה תני אותו סיפא איידי דתנא בעל תנא בועל

i.e., so long as the husband is free from iniquity the water proves his wife, but if the husband is not free from iniquity the Water does not prove his wife! — Should [the Mishnah, on the other hand, refer] to the paramour, it should have used the same phraseology as in the continuation, viz., 'Just as she is prohibited to the husband so is she prohibited to the paramour'!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And state, 'so the water proves the paramour'. ');">³</span>

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