Gittin 73B

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like a married woman with regard to all of her matters, and she remains forbidden to other men. R' Yosei says: It is uncertain whether she is divorced or whether she is not divorced.

Talmud: A baraita states (Tosefta 7:4): If, after the giving of this bill of divorce witnesses saw that she secluded herself with her husband in the dark, or that she slept with him under the foot of the bed, one is not concerned that perhaps they were engaged in another matter, i.e., sex. And one

The Talmud asks: What is the baraita saying? Rav Naḥman said that Rabba bar Avuh said: This is what the baraita is saying: If they saw that she had sex with her husband, then there one is concerned that due to their actions there was a betrothal and perhaps through this act he intended to remarry h

Based on this explanation of the baraita, in accordance with whose opinion is that which Rabba bar bar Ḥana says that R' Yoḥanan says, that the dispute between Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel (81a) is relevant only when they saw that she had sex with her husband, but if they did not see that she had s

The Talmud explains: It is in accordance with everyone. It is in accordance with the opinion of both the first tanna and R' Yosei, son of R' Yehuda, who hold that when they did not see that she had sex one is not concerned that they are betrothed, and she does not need a second bill of divorce.