Quoting%20commentary for Ketubot 26:3

והא לסתר או לחורבה קתני חדא לחורבה דמתא וחדא לחורבה דדברא וצריכי דאי אשמעינן חורבה דמתא בהא קמכשר רבן גמליאל משום דרוב כשרים אצלה אבל לחורבה דדברא דרוב פסולין אצלה אימא מודה ליה לרבי יהושע

But it teaches: Into a hidden place or into a ruin! Rather say one refers to the ruin of a town and one refers to the ruin of a field. And they are both necessary. For if it had taught us only concerning a ruin of a town, I might have said that in this case Rabban Gamaliel declares her fit because most of the men of the town are fit with regard to her, but in the case of a ruin of a field, where most of the men are unfit with regard to her, I might say that he agrees with R. Joshua.

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