Commentary for Yevamot 84:9

אמר ליה דרמא לך הא לא חש לקמחיה סתם ואח"כ מחלוקת היא ואין הלכה כסתם דאמר רב פפא ואיתימא ר' יוחנן מחלוקת ואחר כך סתם הלכה כסתם סתם ואחר כך מחלוקת אין הלכה כסתם

R. Hiyya b. Abba said: R. Johanan retracted.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And ruled that the halachah is not in agreement with R. Jose. ');">²³</span> Said R. Joseph: If he retracted, he did so on account of what has been taught at the Vineyard.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H], designation of the academy at Jabneh or Jamnia where the students' seats on the ground were arranged in tows like vines in a vineyard. ');">²⁴</span> For it was taught: R. Ishmael son of R. Johanan b. Beroka said: I heard from the mouth of the Sages in the Vineyard of Jabneh that all women must wait three months.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After their divorce or the death of their husbands, before they may remarry or accept betrothal (v. supra note 10). Tosef. VI. ');">²⁵</span>

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