Commentary for Yevamot 233:1
שאין האחין נכנסין לנחלה על פיה
THAT ON HER EVIDENCE, THE BROTHERS MAY NOT ENTER INTO THEIR INHERITANCE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though inheritance is a monetary affair, Only in order to save her from a life-long widowhood was a woman allowed on her own evidence to marry again. In monetary matters, however, the evidence of two eligible witnesses (cf. Deut. XIX. 15) is a sine qua non. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> SAID BETH SHAMMAI TO THEM: DO WE NOT LEARN THIS<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That she is entitled to her kethubah. ');"><sup>2</sup></span> FROM HER <i>KETHUBAH</i> SCROLL WHEREIN [HER HUSBAND] PRESCRIBES FOR HER, 'IF THOU BE MARRIED TO ANOTHER MAN, THOU WILT RECEIVE WHAT IS PRESCRIBED FOR THEE'! THEREUPON BETH HILLEL WITHDREW THIS OPINION, THENCEFORTH TO RULE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VIEW OF BETH SHAMMAI. <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. R. Hisda stated: If she<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A woman who reported the death of her husband. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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