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Cantor Wolberg asked:
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<pre wrap=""><span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>... in the Sotah ordeal. The woman has to drink the
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>potion, etc. What if the woman suspects her husband of
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>infidelity? Why should he also have to drink and have the same
<span class="moz-txt-citetags">> </span>consequences as the woman? </pre>
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Just a note that the Mishna (Sotah 5:1) says that when the woman
does drink the water, if there was indeed an illicit relationship,
the belly of the man involved bursts as well. (See also Rashi on
Melachim I, 8:31, Divrei HaYamim II, 6:23).<br>
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Zvi Lampel<br>
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