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The Talmud asks: What is the meaning of: The rabbis were assiduous? It is as it is taught in a baraita: Due to what reason did the rabbis in the Mishnah say that a virgin is married on Wednesday? It is so that if the husband had a claim concerning the bride’s virginity, he would go early the next
The baraita continues: And from the time of danger and onward, the people adopted the custom to marry on Tuesday as well, and the rabbis did not reprimand them. And on Monday one may not marry even in time of danger. However, if it is due to the coercion, it is permitted. The baraita concludes: On
The Talmud elaborates: What is the danger mentioned in the baraita? If we say it is referring to a situation where the government said that a virgin who is married on Wednesday will be executed, would the response be merely that they adopted the custom to marry on Tuesday? Let them totally abolish
Rabba said: The baraita is referring to a period where the government said that a virgin who is married on Wednesday will submit to sex with the prefect [hegmon] first. The Talmud questions the formulation of the baraita: Is that characterized as danger? It is coercion. The Talmud answers: There
The Talmud asks: And if so, let the rabbis instruct these women that in cases of coercion it is permitted to submit to violation rather than sacrifice their lives, and they will not be forbidden to their husbands. The Talmud answers: The rabbis cannot issue an instruction of that sort, because there