Mesorat%20hashas for Sotah 13:13
ר' יהודה אומר מן התורה האיש מביא את אשתו אל הכהן שנא' והביא האיש את אשתו
— according to the Torah it is the husband who has to bring his wife; but said the Sages, They assign to him two disciples of the Sages lest he cohabit with her on the journey. R. Jose says: By <i>a fortiori</i> reasoning [it is deduced] that a husband is trusted with her. If a husband is trusted in the matter of his wife during menstruation where the penalty is excision, how much more so in the matter of his wife while under suspicion in connection with which there is a mere prohibition. [The Sages] replied to him, No; if you argue [that he may be trusted] in the case of his wife during menstruation to whom he will have a right [on her recovery], will you argue so in the case of his wife under suspicion when he may never have a right to her!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If she is proved guilty, he must divorce her. Consequently the temptation is greater in the latter case. ');"><sup>13</sup></span>
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