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a mentally ill person [shiamum], whom the court warns on behalf of the husband. The Talmud asks: And according to R' Yoshiya, what does he do with this term “while under her husband”? The Talmud answers: R' Yoshiya requires it in order to compare a man to a woman and a woman to a man, as explaine
The Talmud asks: But according to both opinions, the reason for the exclusion of a betrothed woman is that these verses are written; if it were not so, I would say that a betrothed woman drinks. But when R' Aḥa bar Ḥanina came from the South, he came and brought the following baraita with him: The
Rami bar Ḥama said: You find the necessity for an additional exclusion in a case where her betrothed had sex with her in her father’s house, i.e., before they were married, and before the sex with the paramour.
The Talmud questions this explanation: In the corresponding situation with regard to a widow awaiting her yavam, whom R' Yonatan excludes from the sota ritual due to the exclusion from the phrase “while under your husband,” is the necessity for this exclusion due to a case where the yavam had sex w
The Talmud answers: R' Yonatan’s opinion is in accordance with the opinion of Shmuel, as Shmuel says: A yavam who has sex with his yevama without intending to consummate the levirate marriage does not acquire her as his wife except with regard to those matters that are stated in the passage in the