Talmud for Sotah 1:3

וְאֵלּוּ אֲסוּרוֹת מִלֶּאֱכֹל בַּתְּרוּמָה, הָאוֹמֶרֶת טְמֵאָה אֲנִי לְךָ, וְשֶׁבָּאוּ עֵדִים שֶׁהִיא טְמֵאָה, וְהָאוֹמֶרֶת אֵינִי שׁוֹתָה, וְשֶׁבַּעְלָהּ אֵינוֹ רוֹצֶה לְהַשְׁקוֹתָהּ, וְשֶׁבַּעְלָהּ בָּא עָלֶיהָ בַדֶּרֶךְ. כֵּיצַד עוֹשֶׂה לָהּ, מוֹלִיכָהּ לְבֵית דִּין שֶׁבְּאוֹתוֹ מָקוֹם, וּמוֹסְרִין לוֹ שְׁנֵי תַלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים, שֶׁמָּא יָבֹא עָלֶיהָ בַּדֶּרֶךְ. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, בַּעְלָהּ נֶאֱמָן עָלֶיהָ:

And these [women] are forbidden to eat <i>Terumah</i>: one who says "I am impure for you"; one for whom witnesses testified that she was impure; one who says "I will not drink [the bitter waters]"; one whose husband does not wish to make her drink [the bitter waters]; one whose husband had relations with her on the way [to the court where the Sotah ceremony would be performed]. And how does he act towards her? He brings her to the court that is in that place, and they assign him two wise scholars, lest he have relations with her on the way. Rabbi Yehudah says: her husband is trusted regarding her.

Jerusalem Talmud Ketubot

And even a minor. Rebbi Immi in the name of Rebbi Joshua ben Levi: Even a minor, even a relative. Even an underage relative? Let us hear from the following: Ḥananiah from Cartes¹⁷²In the parallel in the Babli, 27b, the story is told by a R. Ḥanina from Carthage (or Carthagena). was kidnapped, he, his son, and his wife. They came before Rebbi Ḥanina who did not receive them. They came before Rebbi Joshua ben Levi who received them¹⁷³He let the husband, a Cohen, stay married to his wife on the testimony of his own underage son. The Babli disagrees, 27b, and admits the testimony of children and family slaves only if given spontaneously, without being asked; certainly not in the court of a rabbi.. This implies, even an underage relative.

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