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What distinguishes tainas domem from tainas pesach (פסח) pasuch in claims about a bride's status? When there are objective facts (like absence of blood) showing she wasn't a virgin, that creates tainas domem - not merely competing testimonies. The chazaka of ein adam torech b'suda mafsida then supports the visible facts rather than determining who's lying.
This shiur presents a fundamental analysis of the Gemara (גמרא)'s distinction between two types of claims (tainas) regarding a bride's virginity status and the resulting implications for belief and financial obligations. The discussion centers on Kesubos and explores when a husband's claim that his bride was not a virgin (pesach (פסח) pasuch) is believed versus when there are objective facts supporting his position (tainas domem). Rabbi Zweig establishes that pesach pasuch represents a situation where both parties are making competing claims about the truth - he says she wasn't a virgin, she says she was. In such cases, we apply the chazaka of ein adam torech b'suda mafsida (a person doesn't cause himself a loss) to determine credibility. However, tainas domem represents a fundamentally different scenario where objective evidence exists supporting one party's claim.
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Kesubos 9b
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