Commentary for Yevamot 243:3

אבא יודן איש ציידן אמר מעשה בישראל ועובד כוכבים שהלכו בדרך ובא עובד כוכבים ואמר חבל על יהודי שהיה עמי בדרך שמת בדרך וקברתיו והשיאו אשתו

of his fruit.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Tosef. Dem. IV. Lit., 'purchase'. It is assumed that he merely lied, in order to praise his fruit, so that it might fetch a higher price. Similarly in the case under consideration, the idolater's statement that he killed the Israelite is regarded as an idle boast intended as a mere threat. ');">¹¹</span> Abba Judah of Zaidan<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Biblical [H] Sidon, on the Western coast of Phoenicia, [or, Bethsaida in Galilee]. ');">¹²</span> related: It once happened that an Israelite and an idolater went on a journey together and when the idolater returned he said, 'Alas for the Jew who was with me on the journey, for he died on the way and I buried him', and [the Israelite's] wife [on this evidence] was allowed to marry again. And, again it happened that a group<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] [G] lit., 'chain'. ');">¹³</span> of men were going to Antiochia<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [G] Antioch, on the Orontes in Syria; or Antiochene, the region round Antioch. ');">¹⁴</span> and an idolater came and stated, 'Alas for that group<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] [G] lit., 'chain'. ');">¹³</span>

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