תלמוד על יבמות 13:14

The blind woman and the she-ram¹⁸⁸A woman without secondary female sex characteristics, presumed to be infertile; cf. Yebamot 1:1, Note 65. are subject to claims of missing virginity. Symmachos said in the name of Rebbi Meïr that the blind woman is not subject to claims of missing virginity. What is Rebbi Meïr’s reason? I say, he found [her to be a virgin] and destroyed [the evidence]¹⁸⁹Since the blind woman cannot see what her husband does, she cannot see to it that the traces of her hymeneal blood are not destroyed, leaving her without defenses in court. R. Meïr assumes that she prefers to have an untouchable mina as ketubah over having 200 zuz with a chance of being deprived of it by a cheating husband.. What is the rabbi’s reason? She can catch him. What does Rebbi Meïr with this argument? He can cleanse it with spittle¹⁹⁰The Babli, 36a, connects the disagreement between R. Meïr and the rabbis to that of Rabban Gamliel and R. Joshua (Mishnaiot 1:8,9) whether her unsupported statement is credible or not. The rabbis follow Rabban Gamliel, R. Meïr follows R. Joshua. The Tosephta, 3:5, knows only of the rabbis’ position..