Commentary for Yevamot 138:13

אמר רבא מנא אמינא לה דקתני ילדה תאכל היכי דמי אילימא דדיימא מעלמא ילדה אמאי תאכל אלא לאו מיניה דיימא ולא דיימא מעלמא

to the fortieth day.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But not earlier. She pays no compensation for any terumah she may have consumed prior to the fortieth day. ');">⁴⁵</span> It was stated: Where a man cohabited with his betrothed in the house of his [future] father-in-law, Rab said: The child is a bastard; and Samuel said: The child is a shethuki.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Only a doubtful bastard. V. Glos. and Kid. 6. ');">⁴⁶</span> Raba said: Rab's view is reasonable in the case where the betrothed woman was suspected of illicit relations with strangers.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'when she is spoken of in a low voice from (by) the world'. ');">⁴⁷</span> Where, however, she is not suspected of illicit relations with strangers the child is ascribed to him.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The man who betrothed her. ');">⁴⁸</span>

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