Commentary for Yevamot 49:11

התם ליכא כתבא הכא איכא כתבא דתנן מה בין גט למיתה שהכתב מוכיח:

while here it might well be assumed that he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The woman's former husband. ');">³⁴</span> investigated the rumour and found it to be groundless. <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. A MAN WHO BRINGS A LETTER OF DIVORCE FROM A COUNTRY BEYOND THE SEA<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H], lit., 'country of the sea', a term applied to all countries of the world exclusive of Palestine and Babylonia. ');">³⁶</span> AND STATES, 'IT WAS WRITTEN IN MY PRESENCE AND IT WAS SIGNED IN MY PRESENCE', MUST NOT MARRY THE [DIVORCER'S] WIFE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the validity of the divorce 15 entirely dependent on his word (v. infra n. 6) he may be suspected of giving false evidence with a view to marrying the woman himself. As, however, a woman 15 permitted to marry even if only a single witness had testified to the death of he husband, she is allowed to marry any other man. ');">³⁷</span>

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