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(a) We try to resolve the She'eilah with a Beraisa, which discusses a woman who testifies that first her husband died overseas and then her father-in-law. What does the Tana rule regarding ...
1. ... herself?
2. ... her mother-in-law?
(b) What is the Chidush of the latter ruling?
(c) Then why is she not believed vis-a-vis her mother-in-law?
(d) Assuming that she is lying and that both men are still alive, considering that her husband is still overseas and that her mother-in-law cannot currently inform him about her misdeeds (as Rebbi Yehudah learned earlier), why is there no proof from here that a person does contend with the future and that therefore, 'Chamosah ha'Ba'ah l'Achar mi'Kan' should not be believed either?
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7)
(a) What does the Tana of our Mishnah say in a case where one witness testifies that the man has died, and ...
1. ... one witness testifies that he is still alive?
2. ... two witnesses testify that he is still alive?
(b) And what does he say in a case where two witnesses testify that he died, and one testifies that he is still alive?
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8)
(a) In light of what Ula said, it is difficult to understand why (in the first of the above cases) the Tana says that it is only if she is already married that she may she remain with her husband, and why she is not permitted to marry l'Chatchilah. What did Ula say?
(b) Then how do we establish the Mishnah to conform with Ula's statement?
(c) We establish the middle case (when two witnesses testify that the man is still alive) like Rebbi Nechemyah. Otherwise, it would not be necessary to inform us that one witness is not believed against two. What does Rebbi Nechemyah say (according to the first Lashon)?
(d) In the second Lashon, had the first witness been a man, even Rebbi Nechemyah would concede that even a hundred women who came afterwards to contradict his testimony would be considered like one (against two). Then how does our Mishnah speak? When does Rebbi Nechemyah go after numbers by Pasul witnesses?
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9)
We learned in the Seifa of our Mishnah that, if two witnesses testified that the man died, and one testified that he is still alive - we believe the two, and permit the woman to marry l'Chatchilah. Assuming that the author of the Seifa too, is Rebbi Nechemyah, what is the Tana coming to teach us here that we do not already know from the middle case (where the one witness testifies that he died and the two, that he did not)?
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10)
(a) Our Mishnah now discuses a case where two Tzaros arrive from overseas and testify on their husband. What will be the Din if one of them testifies that their husband died, and the other, that he is still alive?
(b) According to Rebbi Meir, what will the Din if of the Tzaros testifies that their husband died naturally, and the other, that he was killed?
(c) What do Rebbi Yehudah and Rebbi Shimon say?
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11)
(a) What does the Seifa of the Mishnah say in a case where one witness testifies that he died and the other one, that he did not (even if the two witnesses are women)?
(b) How does the Seifa speak? When did the second woman arrive in Beis Din?
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