Commentary for Yevamot 156:16

שלישית אמר להם שמא פוסקי צדקה ברבים יש בכם ואין נותנין דכתיב (משלי כה, יד) נשיאים ורוח וגשם אין איש מתהלל במתת שקר בדקו ולא מצאו

those who are not known<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As bastards. ');">³⁸</span> do not survive; and those who are partly known and partly unknown survive for three generations but no longer. A certain man once lived in the neighbourhood of R. Ammi. and the latter made a public announcement that he was a bastard. As the other was bewailing the action,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and wept'. ');">⁴⁰</span>

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