Commentary for Sotah 62:9
עד אומר נטמאת טעמא דקא מכחיש ליה הא לא קא מכחיש ליה עד אחד מהימן
From the fact that it is stated: '[A] witness shall not rise up against a man,' do I not know that one is intended? Why is there a teaching to declare one witness'? This establishes the rule that wherever it is stated witness, it signifies two unless the text specifies 'one', and [in the case under discussion] the All-Merciful declares that when there are not two witnesses against her but only one, 'and she has not been violated,' she is forbidden [to her husband].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For notes v. supra 3b. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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