Commentary for Yevamot 84:7

אמר רבי חייא בר אבא חזר בו רבי יוחנן אמר רב יוסף אי הדר ביה ממתני' דכרמא הדר ביה דתניא אמר ר' ישמעאל בנו של ר' יוחנן בן ברוקה שמעתי מפי חכמים בכרם ביבנה כולן צריכות להמתין שלשה חדשים

or was old or infirm,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' At the time of his death. ');">¹⁶</span> or who was herself infirm,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When her husband's death occurred. ');">¹⁸</span> or had miscarried after the death of her husband, or was barren, old, a minor, incapable of conception or in any other way incapacitated from procreation, must<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though in all these cases it is obvious that the woman is not pregnant. ');">¹⁹</span>

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