## Nedarim Daf 91a

###### Nedarim 91a:1
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וְגַבְרָא הוּא דְּנִסְתַּחֲפָה שָׂדֵהוּ. וְאָמְרִינַן לֵיהּ, מַתְנִיתִין הִיא: הָאוֹמֶרֶת ״טְמֵאָה אֲנִי לָךְ״ — יֵשׁ לָהּ כְּתוּבָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And it is the man,** her husband, **whose field was flooded.** In other words, like one whose field was flooded and destroyed, it is he who has suffered a natural disaster, as it is his status as a priest that forces him to divorce his wife. Therefore, she is entitled to receive payment of her marriage contract. **And we said to** Rava, in response to his question: The answer to your question **is** found in **the mishna,** which states: A woman **who says** to her husband: **I am defiled to you,** is entitled to **receive** payment of her **marriage contract.**


###### Nedarim 91a:2
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בְּמַאי עָסְקִינַן? אִילֵימָא בְּאֵשֶׁת יִשְׂרָאֵל, אִי בְּרָצוֹן — כְּלוּם יֵשׁ לָהּ כְּתוּבָּה? וְאִי בְּאוֹנֶס — מִי קָא מִיתַּסְרָא עַל גַּבְרָא? וְאֶלָּא בְּאֵשֶׁת כֹּהֵן. אִי בְּרָצוֹן — כְּלוּם יֵשׁ לָהּ כְּתוּבָּה? מִי גָּרְעָה מֵאֵשֶׁת יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּרָצוֹן? אֶלָּא לָאו: בְּאוֹנֶס, וְקָתָנֵי: יֵשׁ לָהּ כְּתוּבָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara analyzes the mishna: **With what are we dealing? If we say** the mishna is speaking **of the wife of an Israelite,** consider the following: **If** she claims that she engaged in sexual intercourse **willingly, does she have any** right to receive payment of her **marriage contract? And if** she says it was **by force,** i.e., she was raped, **is she** thereby **forbidden to the man,** i.e., her husband? **But rather,** the mishna must be referring to **the wife of a priest.** Again, what are the circumstances? **If** she claims that she engaged in sexual intercourse **willingly, does she have any** right to receive payment of her **marriage contract? Is her** law **any less** stringent **than** that of **the wife of an Israelite** who **willingly** engaged in sexual intercourse with another man? **Rather, is it not** that the sexual intercourse was **by force? And** the *tanna* **teaches** that **she has** a right to receive payment of her **marriage contract.** This answers Rava’s question.


###### Nedarim 91a:3
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אִיבַּעְיָא לְהוּ: אָמְרָה לְבַעְלָהּ ״גֵּרַשְׁתַּנִי״, מַהוּ? אָמַר רַב הַמְנוּנָא: תָּא שְׁמַע: הָאוֹמֶרֶת ״טְמֵאָה אֲנִי לָךְ״, דַּאֲפִילּוּ לְמִשְׁנָה אַחֲרוֹנָה דְּקָתָנֵי לָא מְהֵימְנָא — הָתָם הוּא דִּמְשַׁקְּרָה, דְּיָדְעָה דְּבַעְלַהּ לָא יָדַע בָּהּ. אֲבָל גַּבֵּי ״גֵּרַשְׁתַּנִי״ דְּיָדַע בָּהּ — מְהֵימְנָא, דַּחֲזָקָה אֵין אִשָּׁה מְעִיזָּה פָּנֶיהָ בִּפְנֵי בַּעְלָהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **A dilemma was raised before** the Sages: If a woman **said to her husband: You divorced me, what is** the *halakha*? Is she believed or not? **Rav Hamnuna said: Come** and **hear** an answer to this question from what is stated in the mishna about a woman **who says: I am defiled to you, that even according to the ultimate** version of the **mishna that teaches** that **she is not believed** in her claim, it may be argued that **it is** only **there that she is** suspected of **lying** when she claims to have been defiled, **as she knows that her husband does not know** the truth **about her.** She is relating an incident that supposedly occurred in his absence. **But concerning** the claim: **You divorced me, with regard to which he knows** the truth **about** whether or not he actually divorced **her,** she **is believed.** Why? **Because** the court relies on the **presumption that a woman is not brazen** enough to lie **in the presence of her husband** and present a claim that he knows is patently false.


###### Nedarim 91a:4
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ רָבָא: אַדְרַבָּא, אֲפִילּוּ לְמִשְׁנָה רִאשׁוֹנָה דְּקָתָנֵי מְהֵימְנָא — הָתָם מִשּׁוּם דְּלָא עֲבִידָא לְבַזּוֹיֵי נַפְשַׁהּ, אֲבָל הָכָא דְּזִמְנִין דִּתְקִיף לַהּ מִן גַּבְרָא — מְעִיזָּה וּמְעִיזָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rava said to him: On the contrary, even according to the initial** version of the **mishna that teaches** that the woman **is believed** in her claim that she is defiled to her husband, it may be argued that it is only **there** that she is believed, **because** a woman **would not demean herself** by claiming she was raped if she were not telling the truth. **But here, where it is sometimes hard for her under** the authority of **the man,** i.e., her husband, **she would be brazen** to his face, and therefore the court does not believe her.


###### Nedarim 91a:5
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מֵתִיב רַב מְשַׁרְשְׁיָא: ״הַשָּׁמַיִם בֵּינִי לְבֵינָךְ״ דְּמִשְׁנָה רִאשׁוֹנָה — תְּיוּבְתָּא דְּרָבָא, הָכָא דְּלֵית לַהּ כִּיסּוּפָא, וְקָתָנֵי דִּמְהֵימְנָא! קָסָבַר רָבָא: הָתָם, כֵּיוָן דְּלָא סַגִּי לַהּ דְּלָא אָמְרָה ״אֵין יוֹרֶה כְּחֵץ״, אִי לָא אִיתָא כִּדְקָאָמְרָה — לָא אָמְרָה לֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Mesharshiyya raised an objection:** Let the ruling **of** the **initial** version of the **mishna,** with regard to a woman who says: **Heaven is between me and you,** be a **conclusive refutation of** the opinion of **Rava,** as **here she** suffers **no embarrassment** on account of her claim, **and** yet the *tanna* **teaches that** she **is believed.** The Gemara answers: **Rava maintains** that **there, since it is not sufficient for her** if she does **not state** in precise detail her claim that **he does not shoot like an arrow,** i.e., his semen is not emitted forcefully, then, **were it not as she said, she would not say it.** She would be too ashamed to speak of such things before the court. It is for this reason that she is believed.


###### Nedarim 91a:6
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״הַשָּׁמַיִם בֵּינִי לְבֵינָךְ״ דְּמִשְׁנָה אַחֲרוֹנָה, תִּהְוֵי תְּיוּבְתָּא דְּרַב הַמְנוּנָא: וְהָא הָכָא דְּיָדְעָה הִיא, וּבַעְלַהּ יָדַע בַּהּ, וְקָתָנֵי דְּלָא מְהֵימְנָא!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara further comments: Let the ruling **of** the **ultimate** version of the **mishna,** with regard to a woman who says: **Heaven is between me and you, be** a **conclusive refutation of** the opinion of **Rav Hamnuna,** who maintains that a woman who claims that her husband divorced her is believed. **But here,** as in the case of the alleged divorce, **she knows and her husband** also **knows with regard to her** whether or not she is lying, **and** yet the *tanna* of the mishna **teaches that she is not believed.**


###### Nedarim 91a:7
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קָסָבַר רַב הַמְנוּנָא: הָכָא נָמֵי הִיא גּוּפָא אָמְרָה: נְהִי דִּבְבִיאָה יָדַע, בְּיוֹרֶה כְּחֵץ מִי יָדַע? וּמִשּׁוּם הָכִי מְשַׁקְּרָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **Rav Hamnuna maintains** that **here too,** the woman **herself says** in her heart: **Though he may know** whether or not we engaged **in sexual intercourse, does he know** whether or not **he shoots like an arrow? And** it is **due to that** reason that **she lies.** Since the woman can make a false claim against her husband without having to fear that he will contradict her, she is not believed. A similar point cannot be made in the case of an alleged divorce, as the husband knows whether or not he divorced his wife, and therefore a woman who claims that her husband divorced her is believed.


###### Nedarim 91a:8
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הָהִיא אִיתְּתָא דְּכׇל יוֹמָא דְּתַשְׁמִישׁ מִיקַדְּמָה מָשְׁיָא יְדֵיהּ לְגַבְרָא. יוֹמָא חַד אַתְיָא לֵיהּ מַיָּא לְמִמְשֵׁא. אֲמַר לַהּ: הָדָא מִילְּתָא לָא הֲוָת הָאִידָּנָא! אֲמַרָה לֵיהּ: אִם כֵּן, חַד מִן נׇכְרִים

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ It is related that there was **a certain woman, who** on **every day of** engaging in **sexual intercourse** with her husband, **would rise early** in the morning **and wash** her **husband’s hands. One day she brought him water to wash** his hands, in response to which **he said to her: This matter,** i.e., sexual intercourse, **did not occur now. She said to him: If so,** it may be that **one of** the **gentile**