Audio by Shimi Berger

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
ארוסה ושומרת יבם, לא שותה ולא נוטלת כתובתה-- שנאמר ''אשר תשטה אישה תחת אישה''  (במדבר ה,כט) , פרט לארוסה ולשומרת יבם׃ אלמנה לכוהן גדול, גרושה וחלוצה לכוהן הדיוט, ממזרת ונתינה לישראל, בת ישראל לממזר ולנתין-- לא שותה, ולא נוטלת כתובה

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
אלו לא שותות, ולא נוטלות כתובה׃ האומרת טמאה אני לך, ושבאו לה עדים שהיא טמאה, והאומרת איני שותה׃ אמר בעלה איני משקה, ושבעלה בעלה בדרך-- נוטלת כתובה, אבל לא שותה׃ מתו בעליהן עד שלא ישתו-- בית שמאי אומרין, נוטלות כתובה, אבל לא שותות; בית הלל אומרין, לא שותות, ולא נוטלות כתובה

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