Commentary for Yevamot 229:3

ת"ש נפלו עלינו עובדי כוכבים נפלו עלינו ליסטים הוא מת ונצלתי נאמנת התם כדרב אידי דא"ר אידי אשה כלי זיינה עליה

died while I escaped'. she is not believed!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This proves that her statement that her husband is dead is not accepted although it was through her that it became known that there ever was a state of war. ');">⁹</span> There it is different since she can be told,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As she has not actually seen his death. ');">¹⁰</span> 'As a miracle happened to you. so may a miracle have happened to him<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Her husband. ');">⁸</span> also'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is for this reason, and not because she is suspected of lying. that her evidence is not regarded as sufficient proof for establishing the death of her husband. In the case of a war, however, it may well be assumed that she had actually seen the death of her husband, since, had she desired to deceive, she need not have disclosed the fact that there ever was a war. ');">¹¹</span>

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