Responsa for Yevamot 229:4

ההוא גברא דבשילהי הלוליה איתלי נורא בי גנני אמרה להו דביתהו חזו גבראי חזו גבראי אתו חזו גברא חרוכא דשדי ופסתא דידא דשדיא

Come and hear: [If a woman states]. 'ldolaters fell upon us', or, 'robbers fell upon us,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Circumstances similar to those of a war. ');">¹²</span> and he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Her husband. ');">⁸</span> died while I escaped'. she is believed!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which proves that a wife is believed when she states that her husband died in circumstances akin to war if these become known solely through her own evidence. ');">¹³</span> — There<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the incident did not happen in war time but only in analogous circumstances. ');">¹⁴</span>

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