Commentary for Yevamot 223:11

חזרו לומר שלא תהא אשה נותנת עיניה באחר ומקלקלת על בעלה אלא האומרת טמאה אני לך תביא ראיה לדבריה השמים ביני לבינך יעשו דרך בקשה

must bring evidence in support of her statement;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Otherwise her assertion is disregarded. ');">²⁷</span> [in respect of a woman who tells her husband] 'heaven is between me and you',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A declaration that may be made by a woman whom her husband deprives of her connubial rights. The meaning might be: 'The distance of the heavens lies between us' or 'heaven knows (if no man does) our miserable relationship'. ');">²²</span> [peace] is made between them by way of a request [addressed to the husband]; [and if a woman vowed], 'May I be kept away from the Jews' [the husband] invalidates his part [of the vow]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That part of the prohibition that concerns himself. ');">²⁸</span>

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