Study Gittin folio 74A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
and he becomes ritually impure for her if he is a priest. The principle of the matter is as follows: At that time she is like his wife in every sense, but she does not require a second bill of divorce from him when he dies. This is the statement of R' Yehuda.
R' Meir says: If she has sex with another man, the legal status of her sex depends on whether or not her husband dies from this illness. If he dies, she is considered to have been divorced from the time the bill of divorce was given, and her sex is not deemed adulterous. R' Yosei says: Her sex has
The Talmud clarifies: What difference is there between the opinion of R' Meir, who says that the status of her sex depends on whether or not her husband dies from his illness, and the opinion of R' Yosei, who says that the status of her sex is uncertain?
R' Yoḥanan said: The practical difference between them is with regard to the bringing of a provisional guilt-offering, which is brought by one who is uncertain as to whether he committed a sin that requires a sin-offering. According to the opinion of R' Meir, the paramour does not bring a provisio
The baraita taught: And the Rabbis say: There is uncertainty whether she is divorced or whether she is not divorced. The Talmud comments: Apparently, the opinion of the Rabbis is the same as the opinion of R' Yosei. Why are they recorded as having a dispute? The Talmud answers: There is a practic