Commentary for Yevamot 232:10

מאי מעשה שהיה דאמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל שילפי קציר חטין היו והלכו עשרה בני אדם לקצור חטין נשכו נחש לאחד מהן ומת ובאת אשתו והודיעה לבית דין ושלחו ומצאו כדבריה באותה שעה אמרו האשה שאמרה מת בעלי תנשא מת בעלי תתייבם

also caravans frequently [move about].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra note 2 and note 3 mutatis mutandis. ');">³³</span> What was the original incident?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Spoken of supra. ');">³⁴</span> — [It was that of] which Rab Judah spoke in the name of Samuel: It was the end of the wheat harvest when ten men went to reap their wheat and a serpent bit one of them and he died [of the wound]. His wife, thereupon, came and reported the incident to <i>Beth din</i>, who, having sent [to investigate]. found her statement to be true. At that time it was ordained: If a woman stated, 'My husband is dead', she may marry again; [if she said] 'My husband is dead [and left no issue]', she may contract the levirate marriage. Must it be suggested that R. Hanania b. Akabia<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So MS.M. Cur. edd., 'Akiba'. ');">³⁵</span>

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