Commentary for Yevamot 234:8

דתניא רבי נחמיה אומר כל מקום שהאמינה תורה עד אחד הלך אחר רוב דעות ועשו שתי נשים באיש אחד כשני אנשים באיש אחד

her former status of permissibility.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because the decision of Beth din had been issued before the second witness appeared. Had he arrived prior to the issue of the decision, the evidence of the first witness, as it had not yet been accepted. would have had no greater validity than his, ');">²⁶</span> IF ONE WITNESS SAID, 'HE IS DEAD', Is this not obvious?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the woman MUST … BE DIVORCED, ');">²⁷</span> For the evidence of one man against that Of<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'in the place of', ');">²⁸</span> two men<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As is the case in the second clause of our Mishnah. ');">²⁹</span>

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