Commentary for Sotah 61:18

שהיה בדין ומה אם עדות ראשונה שאין אוסרתה איסור עולם אינה מתקיימת בפחות משנים עדות אחרונה שאוסרתה איסור עולם אינו דין שלא תתקיים בפחות משנים

HE DIVORCES HER AND GIVES HER THE MARRIAGE-SETTLEMENT.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He gives this to her if he was unwilling for her to drink the water, (Rashi). [According to this interpretation the husband, if he wishes, can make her drink even on the strength of a vague rumour, even as he can on the evidence of one witness to the seclusion, according to R. Eliezer. Rashbam, however, holds that a vague rumour is not on par with one witness and the husband therefore, though he cannot make her drink, must put her away and give her the marriage-settlement. (V. Tosaf. Sens): Similarly on the view of Maimonides (v. n. 1) the divorce is compulsory. though in the absence of real evidence of misconduct she does not forfeit the marriage-settlement.] ');">¹⁵</span>

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