כ ההיא דנפק עלה קלא דאיקדשה
20 On the contrary, he rejoined; since R. Shesheth has said that even if spread only by women it is a report to be considered, we may infer that we do not suppress a report. He replied: It depends on the place. In Sura they suppress a report, in Nehardea they do not suppress a report. A certain woman was reported to have become engaged to a Rabbinical student. R. Hama sent for her father and said to him, Tell me the facts of the case. He replied: He affianced her conditionally, [on condition, that is,] that he would not go to Be Hozai,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 413, n. 1. ');"><sup>17</sup></span> and he went there. He thereupon said: Since at the time when the report was first spread there was no qualification, it is not in your power to add one now.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And she cannot become engaged again till she is divorced from the first. ');"><sup>18</sup></span> A certain woman was reported to have been affianced with the flesh sticking to date stones by the well of Be Shifi. R. Idi b. Abin sent to inquire of Abaye what was to be done in such a case. He replied: Even those authorities who say that as a rule we should not suppress a report would here advise that it should be suppressed, because people will then say that the Rabbis examined her engagement gift and found that it did not contain the value of a <i>perutah</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Kid. 2a. So that she never was really engaged to the first. Hence no harm can ensue from the suppression of the report. ');"><sup>19</sup></span> A certain woman was reported to have become engaged