Commentary for Yevamot 242:11

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> ודלמא לא אזלי אמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל דקאמרי הרינו באין מלספוד ומלקבור את איש פלוני

breadth. R. Hanina said, [Proof<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of God's strict dealing with the righteous. ');">³⁸</span> may be adduced] from here: <i>A God dreaded in the great council of the holy ones, and feared of all them that are round about Him</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. LXXXIX, 8; cf. parallel passage B.K. 50a. ');">³⁹</span> MISHNAH. EVEN [A MAN ONLY] HEARD WOMEN SAYING, 'SO-AND-SO IS DEAD', THIS SHOULD SUFFICE FOR HIM.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To tender evidence of death, and to enable the widow to marry again. ');">⁴⁰</span> R. JUDAH SAID: EVEN IF HE ONLY HEARD CHILDREN SAY, 'BEHOLD WE ARE GOING TO MOURN FOR A MAN NAMED SO-AND-SO AND TO BURY HIM' [IT IS SUFFICIENT].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To tender evidence of death, and to enable the widow to marry again. ');">⁴⁰</span>

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