Commentary for Yevamot 60:12
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WHAT IS MEANT BY DOUBTFUL BETROTHAL? IF WHEN HE THREW TO HER A TOKEN OF BETROTHAL<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' While they were both standing in a public domain and a distance of exactly eight cubits intervened between them. ');"><sup>27</sup></span> IT WAS UNCERTAIN WHETHER IT FELL NEARER TO HIM<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., within the four cubits nearest to him. ');"><sup>28</sup></span> OR NEARER TO HER,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Within her four cubits. The person within whose four cubits the object rested is deemed to be the legal possessor. ');"><sup>29</sup></span>
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