Commentary for Yevamot 242:17

איכא דאמרי אנסבה רב נחמן לדביתהו אמר חסא גברא רבה איתיה אם איתא דסליק קלא אית ליה למילתא ולא היא לא שנא גברא רבה לא שנא לאו גברא רבה דיעבד אין לכתחלה לא:

that he opposed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H], so Aruk and Beth Joseph in Eben ha-Ezer XVII. Cur. edd., 'he permitted them with'. ');">⁵³</span> eighty-five elders saying to them that, 'This<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the evidence is invalid. ');">⁴⁶</span> was taught Only in the case where it was his intention to enable [the woman] to be permitted<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To marry again. ');">⁴⁸</span> but if his intention was merely to give evidence his testimony is valid', but the Sages did not agree with him!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Maintaining that even in the latter case the evidence is invalid. ');">⁵⁴</span>

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