A betrothed maiden and a childless widow waiting for her brother-in-law [to decide whether he will marry her] do not drink [the water of bitterness] and do not receive what is due under the marriage-settlement; as it is said, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, thus excluding a betrothed maiden and a childless widow waiting for her brother-in-law. A widow who had married a High Priest, a divorced woman or a haluzah who had married an ordinary priest, an illegitimate or a Nethinah who had married an Israelite, and an Israelite`s daughter who had married an illegitimate or a Nathin do not drink [the water of bitterness] and do not receive what is due under the marriage-settlement. |
סוטה 4.1 |
The following do not drink and do not receive the marriage-settlement: she who says `I am unclean when witnesses came [and testified] that she had misconducted herself, and she who says `I refuse to drink`. When her husband is unwilling to let her drink, or when her husband cohabited with her on the journey [to Jerusalem] she receives the marriage-settlement but does not drink. If the husbands died before [the women] drank, Beth Shammai declare that they receive the marriage-settlement but do not drink, and Beth Hillel declare that they either drink or do not receive the marriage-settlement. |
סוטה 4.2 |
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