Sotah 50

Chapter 50

א וב"ה סברי שטר העומד לגבות לאו כגבוי דמי
1 whereas Beth Hillel are of opinion that a bond which is due for redemption is not considered as having been redeemed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As the creditor must first establish his right to the debtor's property, so the widow must prove her right to the marriage-settlement by drinking the water, since she is under suspicion; for fuller notes v. Shebu. (Sonc. ed.) p. 298, n. 5. ');"><sup>1</sup></span>
ב מעוברת חבירו כו' אמר רב נחמן אמר רבה בר אבוה מחלוקת בעקרה וזקינה
2 [A WIFE] WHO WAS PREGNANT BY A FORMER HUSBAND etc. R. Nahman said in the name of Rabbah b. Abbuha: The dispute<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz., R. Eliezer says: He is able to marry another wife and have offspring by her. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
ג אבל איילונית דברי הכל לא שותה ולא נוטלת כתובתה שנאמר (במדבר ה, כח) ונקתה ונזרעה זרע מי שדרכה להזריע יצאה זו שאין דרכה להזריע
3 is in connection with a barren woman and one too old to bear children; but as for a woman incapable of conception, all agree that she does not drink and does not receive her marriage-settlement, as it is said: Then she shall be free and shall conceive seed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. V, 28. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>
ד מיתיבי המקנא לארוסתו ולשומרת יבם שלו אם עד שלא כנסה נסתרה לא שותה ולא נוטלת כתובתה
4 — i.e., one whose way it is to conceive seed, thus excluding one whose way is not to conceive seed. An objection was raised: 'If a man gives a warning to his betrothed or to his brother's childless widow, should she seclude herself [with the other man] before the marriage, she does not drink and does not receive her marriage-settlement'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Tosef. Sotah v, 4. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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