Commentary for Yevamot 183:1

כל קלא דבתר נשואין לא חיישינן מהו דתימא הואיל ואתאי לבי דינא ושרינן כקלא דקמי נשואין דמי ותיתסר קמ"ל:

No regard need be paid to a rumour that originated after marriage!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If, for instance, after a priest had married, a rumour arose that before her marriage with him his wife was a divorcee or a harlot. Git. 81a, 88b, 89a. ');">¹</span> — It might have been assumed that since she was to appear before the <i>Beth din</i> to obtain the authorization<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and we permitted'. ');">²</span> [for her marriage].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Before it had taken place. ');">³</span> the rumour is regarded as one [that arose] before marriage<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Her appearance before the court implying that, already at that time, the possibility that her husband was still alive was being considered. ');">⁴</span>

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