Commentary for Yevamot 243:8

והלכו ולא מצאו: ודלמא שד הוה א"ר יהודה אמר רב שראו לו דמות אדם אינהו נמי דמו דחזו ליה בבואה

also have a shadow! They<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Name of (a) a demon; (b) a man (Rashi). MS.M. and Git. 66a have, 'Jonathan my son']. ');">²⁹</span> saw a shadow of his shadow. Is it not possible that these<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Demons. ');">²⁸</span> also cast a shadow of a shadow? — R. Hanina replied: The demon Jonathan<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Name of (a) a demon; (b) a man (Rashi). MS.M. and Git. 66a have, 'Jonathan my son']. ');">²⁹</span> told me that they<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Demons. ');">²⁸</span> have a shadow but not a shadow of a shadow. Is it not possible that it was a rival [that cried]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whom the man had married in another town, and who came for the specific purpose of misleading the woman to marry another man so that she might thereby become forbidden to her present husband. A rival is usually suspected of malice against her associate. ');">³⁰</span>

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