Halakhah for Sanhedrin 56:9
אמר רבה בר בר חנה מעיד אדם לאשתו ארוסה אמר רבינא לא אמרן אלא לאפוקי מינה אבל לעיולי לה לא מהימן
But [in reality] thatis not so: it makes no difference whether his evidence is to her advantageor disadvantage; in neither case is he to be believed. [For] on what [doyou base] your opinion [that you do not regard him as a relative]? On R.Hiyya b. Ammi's dictum stated on the authority of 'Ulla, viz.: When the betrothedwife [of a Priest dies], he is not obliged to mourn as anOnen<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' ibut. One deeply grieved. Designation given to a mourner during the time between death and burial, when he is not permitted to eat consecrated things. Cf. Deut. XXVI, 14. ');"><sup>18</sup></span>
Sefer HaChinukh
Regarding the matter of one who was a relative and became distant (no longer a relative), we hold that he is proper (Sanhedrin 28b); and even if there are sons there - as the law is not like Rabbi Yehudah, who holds that if there are sons there, he is disqualified.
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