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What happens when witnesses see a woman go into seclusion (yichud) versus when they see actual improper relations? The shiur analyzes the fundamental dispute between Zeiri and Rav Assi about whether yichud alone creates a halachic concern requiring the woman's testimony, or whether only actual witnessed impropriety matters.
This shiur provides an in-depth analysis of the complex sugya in Kesubos 13a dealing with the halachic implications of witnessed yichud (seclusion) versus witnessed improper relations. The central focus is the machloket between Zeiri and Rav Assi regarding whether yichud alone creates a halachic safek requiring clarification from the woman involved. Rabbi Zweig begins by examining the difficult kashas in Tosafos (תוספות), particularly the apparent contradiction between this sugya and the previous one regarding migu (the halachic principle that if someone could have made a better lie, we believe their current statement). The shiur demonstrates how Tosafos assumes that according to Rabbi Yehoshua, migu should work in cases of yichud, creating a fundamental inconsistency.
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Kesubos 13a
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