Reference for Chullin 83:1

מהו דתימא

- No, for you might say that if his wife had given birth to a child it would be known to all,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And since it is not known that his wife gave birth to a child his words would not be taken seriously, and the slaughtering should be valid.');">¹</span>

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