Commentary for Yevamot 239:4

רבי אלעזר לדבריהם קאמר להו לדידי צרה מעידה לחברתה ואף על גב דלא אינסיב מנסבינן לה אלא לדידכו אודו לי מיהת דהיכא דאינסיב מנסבינן לה משום דהיא לא מקלקלא נפשה ורבנן (שופטים טז, ל) תמות נפשי עם פלשתים הוא דקעבדה

— Read: Since she was permitted <i>and she married again</i>. Let it, however,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the reason why a rival is believed in respect of her associate is not because she is eligible to tender evidence but because she would not injure herself. ');">⁹</span> be apprehended that she<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The woman who reported the death of her husband. ');">³</span> may have returned with a letter of divorce and that the reason why she made her statement<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'that which she said thus'. That her husband was dead. ');">¹⁰</span>

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