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The practical difference between them is in a case where he initiated the quarrel. In this situation there is no concern that she might knowingly lie, as she loves him. However, due to the quarrel between them she might not be meticulous in her investigations.
§ A dilemma was raised before the rabbis: If there was one witness who testified that the husband died, in a case that involved a quarrel between them, what is the halakha? The Talmud explains the different sides of this dilemma: What is the reason that one witness is deemed credible? Is it because
§ The Mishnah taught that R' Yehuda says that a wife is never deemed credible when she testifies that her husband died, unless she came crying and her clothing was torn, while the Rabbis say she may remarry in any case. It is taught in a baraita: The Rabbis said to R' Yehuda: According to your state
The Talmud relates: There was a certain woman who came to the court of R' Yehuda. The people sitting there said to her: Lament your husband, tear your clothing, unbind your hair, so that you have the appearance of a mourner, and the court will believe you. The Talmud asks: Did they instruct her to
Mishnah: Beit Hillel say: We heard that one may accept the testimony of a woman concerning the death of her husband only when she comes from the grain harvest, and when she testified in the same country where he died, and in circumstances similar to the incident that occurred, in which a lenient r