Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 228:17

מפולת הרי הוא כמלחמה דאמרה בדדמי שילוח נחשים ועקרבים הרי הן כמלחמה דאמרה בדדמי

Raba stated: What is the reason [why a wife is not believed in a time] of war? Because she speaks from conjecture. 'Could it be imagined' [she thinks]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Wanting in cur. edd., and inserted by BaH. ');">²⁵</span> 'that among all those who were killed he alone escaped!' And should it be contended that since there was peace between him and her she would wait until she saw [what had actually happened to him]. it may sometimes happen [It may be retorted] that he was struck by an arrow or spear and she would think that he was certainly dead, while in fact someone night have applied an emollient<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Jast. 'A plaster', or 'bandage' (Rashi). ');">²⁶</span>

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