Commentary for Yevamot 76:5

והתנן נפלו לה נכסים משנישאת אלו ואלו מודים שאם מכרה ונתנה שהבעל מוציא מיד הלקוחות אלא שמע מינה זיקת נשואה עושה ספק נשואה

Why, then, do they<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Beth Shammai and Beth Hillel. ');">⁹</span> dispute on [the question of the estate] itself after the death [of the widow]? Let them rather dispute on the question of the usufruct while she is alive! No, said Rabbah, both clauses deal with property which came into her possession while she was married; and the levirate bond of a married woman stamps her as doubtfully married. In the first clause, therefore, where she is alive, she is the certain possessor<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the property is in any case hers. ');">¹⁰</span>

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