Commentary for Yevamot 244:12

<br><br><big><strong>הדרן עלך האשה בתרא וסליקא לה מסכת יבמות</strong></big><br><br>

a <i>kethubah</i> to receive<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From the estate of her dead husband. The terms of the marriage contract entitle a woman to her kethubah when she lawfully marries again. ');">²⁸</span> [such cases<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., evidence on the death of a husband. ');">²⁹</span> are] on a par with those of monetary matters,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence his opinion that no enquiry and examination of the witnesses is necessary. ');">³⁰</span> while the other Master is of the opinion that since we are thereby permitting a married woman to marry a stranger<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to the world'. ');">³¹</span> [such cases<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since intercourse with a married woman is punishable by strangulation. ');">³²</span> are] on a par with capital cases.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where full enquiry and examination is required. ');">³³</span> R. Eleazar said in the name of R. Hanna: Scholars<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] v. Glos s.v. Talmid Hakam. ');">³⁴</span> increase peace in the world, for it is said in the Scriptures, <i>And all thy children shall be to taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. LIV, 13. Children = [H] (rt. [H] 'to build'). The conclusion of the passage in Ber. 64a is as follows: Read not, thy children [H] (banayik) but thy builders (bonayik). Scholars are the builders of the world and it is their dissemination of true knowledge and enlightenment that preserves and promotes the ideals and blessings of peace. ');">³⁵</span>

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