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Why can't we resolve safek tumah with chazakah when an eishes kohein may have been mezanah? The shiur analyzes Tosafos (תוספות)' sophisticated distinction between ownership-based chazakahs (which work even by safek tumah) versus standard chazakas tahara (which don't work).
This advanced Gemara (גמרא) shiur on Kesubos 9a focuses on a fundamental question regarding the application of chazakah in cases of safek tumah. The discussion centers on the case of an eishes kohein who may have been mezanah, creating both an issue of zaynah (prohibited relations) and tumah (ritual impurity). The shiur begins by examining Tosafos (תוספות)' kushya: why doesn't the chezkas chet labayla (presumption that she belongs to her husband) protect the woman from being removed from her marriage based on uncertain evidence? Tosafos distinguishes between different types of chazakah - while standard chazakas tahara cannot resolve safek tumah, a chazakah of ownership (ba'alus) can work even in cases of safek tumah because it's a monetary-type presumption rather than a purity presumption.
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Kesubos 9a
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