Commentary for Yevamot 49:3

וקלא דלא פסיק עד כמה אמר אביי אמרה לי אם דומי דמתא יומא ופלגא ולא אמרן אלא דלא פסק ביני וביני אבל פסק ביני וביני הא פסק ולא אמרן אלא דלא פסק מחמת יראה אבל פסק מחמת יראה מחמת יראה הוא ולא אמרן אלא דליכא אויבים אבל איכא אויבים אויבים הוא דאפקו ליה לקלא

This, then, represents a contradiction between one law and the other! — There is no contradiction. One<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The law according to Rab. ');">⁹</span> refers to a rumour that had ceased;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., when a contradictory rumour obtained currency. ');">¹⁰</span> the other, to a rumour that had not ceased. Where the rumour has not ceased, though no witnesses are available, [the law is] according to Rabbi; where the rumour has ceased but witnesses are available [the law is] according to Rab. For how long [must a rumour continue in order to be regarded] as uninterrupted? Abaye replied: Mother<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' His foster-mother. V. Kid. 31b. ');">¹¹</span>

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