Yevamot 115 - June 30, 1 Tamuz

This month’s learning is dedicated by Bracha Ollech in memory of her mother, Ruth Tager, Rachel Paya bat Feiga Baila. This month's learning is sponsored by Joanna Rom and Steven Goldberg in loving memory of Steve's mother Shirley "Nana" Goldberg (Sura Tema bat Chaim v'Hanka) who passed away last week, just a few weeks after a rousing celebration for her 95th birthday. "Known among the Daf Zoomers for her classic Passover recipes, she will be dearly missed by her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Today's daf is sponsored by Ilana Friedman in loving memory of her cousin Dvora Ita bat Harav Azriel Zev Golowa on her 10th yahrzeit. "She was a champion of justice, a staunch advocate for women’s learning, and a devoted daughter, aunt and cousin. If a woman claims that there was a war where they were and her husband died, can we believe her on the claim that if she wanted to lie, she could have omitted the fact that there was a war and would have been believed? Or do we not believe her as once we accept her claim that there was a war, we are concerned that she is just assuming he is dead (as we are generally concerned in a case of war). Two sources are brought to answer this question but both attempts are unsuccessful. A story is brought of a man who was seen burning in a house with his wife. Why is his wife not believed to say he died, even though a burned body was found there? Is one witness also not believed in a case of war? Again two sources are brought to answer the question, but they are rejected. In one of the cases, they explain that there were clear signs that they had died. Do we need to be concerned that one had items in one place but perhaps moved them and the ones that were originally there are no longer there? If one testifies that someone by the name of X died, that perhaps there were other people with that name. Rava and Abaye disagree. Each brings a proof for his opinion.