Commentary for Yevamot 232:14

אמרי לך רבנן אנן דאמרינן אף כב"ה עד כאן לא קאמר בית הלל התם אלא משום דמירתת במקום קרוב מירתת במקום רחוק לא מירתת הכא מה לי ירדן מה לי שאר נהרות

only there,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the case of a wife's evidence on the death of her husband. ');">⁴⁶</span> since [the woman is believed only because] she fears [to tell an untruth, and it is only] in a place that is near that she fears while in a distant one she does not fear. Here,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Transporting the water and ashes of purification. ');">⁴⁷</span> however, what matters it whether it is on the Jordan or on other rivers!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of course it does not matter. ');">⁴⁸</span> R. Hanania b. Akabia can also answer you: I may uphold my view even according to Beth Shammai; for Beth Shammai maintained their opinion<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Trusting the evidence of the wife in all cases, even where the conditions differ from those of the original incident. ');">⁴⁹</span>

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