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In the evening Rava stated this ruling in accordance with the way you cited him, but in the morning he retracted his opinion and ruled as I cited him. Rav Mesharshiyya said to him: Do you really permit her to marry without ḥalitza? He added sarcastically: May it be God’s will that you will even perm
After citing this dispute, Rav Ashi said to Rav Hoshaya, son of Rav Idi: According to Rava’s citation of Rav, when a woman is married to a priest, the rabbis were more lenient in order to allow the couple to remain married. Here, with regard to a woman who is pregnant with the child of another man o
He said to him: How can these cases be compared? Granted, there, in the case where the offspring died during its first 30 days of life, since there are the Rabbis who disagree with Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel concerning it, as they say that although the offspring did not survive for 30 days it is nev
However, here, in the case of a woman who is pregnant with or nursing the child of another man, in accordance with whose opinion should we act? If we act in accordance with the opinion of R' Meir, it will be of no benefit to the priest because R' Meir said even with regard to the wife of an Israel
A pregnancy is generally noticeable only after 3 months have passed. Therefore, during the first 3 months after a woman is divorced or widowed, she may not remarry due to the possibility that she is pregnant. The rabbis decreed that even betrothing her during that time is prohibited, lest one also m