Mesorat%20hashas for Kiddushin 157:9

שאני התם דאיכא למימר העמד טמא על חזקתו ואימר לא טבל

But if after six months, - can Samuel say in this case, 'We regard the kiddushin by both' - surely Samuel said: Between the states of na'arah and bogereth there is only six months! This arises only if the betrothal took place on the day that completed the six [months]: Rab said: 'Behold she stands a boger'eth before us' - since she is now a bogereth, [we assume] she was a bogereth in the morning too. But Samuel maintains, she may have brought the 'evidences' [of bogereth]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Nid. 47a.');">¹²</span>

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