Commentary for Yevamot 243:16

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> אמרו לו מעשה בבני לוי שהלכו לצוער עיר התמרים וחלה אחד מהם והביאוהו בפונדק ובחזרתם אמרו לפונדקית איה חברנו נומית להם מת וקברתיו והשיאו את אשתו ולא תהא כהנת כפונדקית

how much more reasonable is it that this woman, who is believed when she states that her own husband is dead, should be eligible<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'believed'. ');">⁵³</span> to bring her own letter of divorce.' [Thus it follows that only] those women of whom the Rabbis have spoken<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 117a. ');">⁵⁷</span> are not believed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra note 6. ');">⁶⁰</span> but any other<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'in the world'. ');">⁶¹</span> woman is believed!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How, then, could it be implied that R. Akiba does not allow the evidence of any woman who testifies to the death of another woman's husband? ');">⁶²</span>

Explore commentary for Yevamot 243:16. In-depth commentary and analysis from classical Jewish sources.