Yevamot 26A

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we do not remove her from her husband owing to suspicion due to rumor alone. Here too, we do not remove her from her husband due to a rumor.

Mishnah: And for all of these who were involved in permitting the wife to remarry, i.e., the judge, the agent who brought a bill of divorce, and the one who testified for a woman that her husband died, if they had wives at the time of the ruling or the testimony and their wives died thereafter, the

And with regard to all of these women who were prohibited from marrying a certain man due to some suspicion, if they were subsequently married to others and then were divorced or widowed from the second husband, they are permitted to be married to them, i.e., to the judge, messenger, or witness who

Talmud: The Mishnah taught that if any of the men had wives who subsequently died, they may marry those women freed by them. The Talmud deduces from here: If the wives of those who rendered the woman permitted died, yes, they are permitted to marry the woman that they freed for marriage; but if th

Rav Hillel said to Rav Ashi: Yet it is taught in a baraita: Even if they were divorced from their first wives they are permitted to marry the women they freed. The Talmud responds: This is not difficult: This Mishnah is referring to a case when there was a quarrel between the husband and the wife at