Commentary for Yevamot 232:6

אמרו להם בית שמאי אחת הבאה מן הקציר ואחת הבאה מן הזיתים ואחת הבאה מן הבציר ואחת הבאה ממדינה למדינה לא דברו חכמים בקציר אלא בהווה חזרו בית הלל להורות כבית שמאי:

<b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. BETH HILLEL STATED: WE HAVE HEARD SUCH A TRADITION<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That a wife is believed when she states that her husband is dead, ');">¹⁹</span> ONLY IN RESPECT OF A WOMAN WHO CAME FROM THE HARVEST<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The reason is explained infra. ');">²⁰</span> AND [WHOSE HUSBAND DIED] IN THE SAME COUNTRY,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It being thus possible to verify the woman's statement. ');">²¹</span> [THE CIRCUMSTANCES BEING THE SAME] AS THOSE OF A CASE THAT ONCE ACTUALLY HAPPENED. SAID BETH SHAMMAI TO THEM: [THE LAW IS] THE SAME WHETHER THE WOMAN CAME FROM THE HARVEST OR FROM THE OLIVE PICKING, OR FROM THE VINTAGE, OR FROM ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER, FOR THE SAGES SPOKE OF THE HARVEST ONLY [BECAUSE THE INCIDENT TO WHICH THEY REFERRED] OCCURRED THEN.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H]. Lit., 'in what is', The ruling of the Sages was given in connection with a particular case where it so happened that the woman returned from a harvest. The same ruling, however, is applicable in all circumstances. [The term generally denotes 'what usually happens'. It is in this sense that it seems to be taken by the T. J. quoted by Tosaf. (s.v [H]]): Why should the harvest (be different)? Said A. Mana: It is different in that an accident usually happens there on account of the scorching sun]. ');">²²</span>

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