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When a married woman is found to be a beula (non-virgin), was the adultery before or after marriage? The Gemara (גמרא) presents conflicting chazakas: chezkas kashrus says it happened before marriage (making her permitted to her husband), while chezkas haguf says physical changes happen as late as possible (making her forbidden). Tosafos (תוספות) develops the principle that chezkas haguf is stronger than chezkas kashrus.
This shiur analyzes a complex sugya in Kesubos 9a dealing with competing chazakas when determining the timing of a married woman's adultery. The case involves a woman found to be a beula (non-virgin) where there's uncertainty whether the intercourse occurred before marriage (tachas - under her husband, making her permitted) or after marriage (lo tachas - not under her husband, making her forbidden to him). The Gemara (גמרא) presents two conflicting chazakas. The chezkas kashrus (presumption of righteousness) suggests we assume she didn't commit the severe sin of adultery, meaning the intercourse happened before marriage when it was permitted. However, the chezkas haguf (presumption regarding physical status) indicates that physical changes are assumed to happen as late as possible, suggesting the intercourse occurred after marriage.
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Kesubos 9a
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