Commentary for Yevamot 234:7

עד אומר מת: פשיטא דאין דבריו של אחד במקום שנים לא צריכא בפסולי עדות וכדר' נחמיה

against that<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'in the place of'. ');">²²</span> of two men<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the first instance, the first witness whose evidence had been accepted as valid as that of two. ');">²³</span> has no Validity!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sot. 31b, Keth. 22b, supra 88b. Why then should not the woman be directly permitted to marry again? ');">²⁴</span> — It is this that was meant: IF ONE WITNESS STATED ['THE HUSBAND IS] DEAD' and after his wife had been permitted to marry again ANOTHER CAME AND STATED 'HE IS NOT DEAD', she is not to be deprived of<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The original [H], lit., 'she shall (or need) not go out', may bear this meaning as well as that given in our Mishnah. ');">²⁵</span>

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