Commentary for Yevamot 183:7

ודלמא קסבר ר' אליעזר יחיד שעשה בהוראת ב"ד חייב א"כ מה יקוב הדין את ההר:

and should two witnesses [afterwards] appear<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Declaring that the husband was still alive. ');">²²</span> the woman would be forbidden to marry again,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'we forbid'. ');">²³</span> but should another witness subsequently appear<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Stating that the husband has died since. ');">²⁴</span> the woman would again be permitted to marry. But why?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the first authorization is to be regarded as a ruling it should not again be adopted (cf. supra n. 2), once it has been proved (by the testimony of the two witnesses) that it was erroneous. ');">²⁵</span>

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