Commentary for Yevamot 68:10

ובמאי אי במיאון והאמר שמואל דלא בעיא ואי בגט האמרה שמואל חדא זימנא דאמר שמואל מיאנה בו אינה צריכה להמתין שלשה חדשים נתן לה גט צריכה להמתין שלשה חדשים אלא בזנות

The Rabbis are talking about you. She answered him: I had my mind on you. A woman once appeared before R. Joseph, and said to him: Master, I remained unmarried after [the death of] my husband for ten years and now I gave birth to a child — He said to her: My daughter, do not discredit the words of the Sages. She thereupon confessed, 'l had intercourse with a heathen'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' During the ten years. ');">¹⁷</span> Samuel said: All these women,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Enumerated infra 41a, 42b. ');">¹⁸</span> with the exception of a proselyte and an emancipated slave who were minors, must wait three months.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Before they marry again. ');">¹⁹</span> An Israelitish minor, however, must wait three months. But how [was she separated]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From her former husband. ');">²⁰</span> If by a declaration of refusal,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mi'un, v. Glos. ');">²¹</span> surely. Samuel said that she<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A minor. ');">²²</span> need not wait!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Three months. ');">²³</span> And if by a letter of divorce, surely Samuel has already stated this once! For Samuel said: If she' formally refused him<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mi'un, v. Glos. ');">²¹</span> she need not wait three months; if he gave her a letter of divorce she must wait three months!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Keth. 100b; why, then, should he repeat it here? ');">²⁴</span> -[It<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Samuel's statement. ');">²⁵</span> was] rather in respect of unlawful intercourse,

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