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ונתינה לישראל, ובת ישראל לממזר ולנתין — לא שותות ולא נוטלות כתובה.
or Gibeonite woman who was married to a Jew of unflawed lineage, or a Jewish woman of unflawed lineage who was married to a mamzer or a Gibeonite, all of these women neither drink the bitter water nor collect payment of their marriage contracts, as the sota ritual applies only to permitted marriages.
ואלו לא שותות ולא נוטלות כתובה: האומרת ״טמאה אני״, ושבאו לה עדים שהיא טמאה, והאומרת ״איני שותה״.
And the following women neither drink the bitter water nor collect payment of their marriage contracts: A woman who confesses and says: I am defiled, and a woman with regard to whom witnesses came and testified that she is defiled, and a woman who says: I will not drink the bitter water, even if she does not confess her guilt.
אמר בעלה ״איני משקה״, ושבעלה בא עליה בדרך — נוטלות כתובה ולא שותות.
However, a woman whose husband said: I will not have her drink, and a woman whose husband had sex with her on the way to the Temple, collect payment of their marriage contracts even though they do not drink the bitter water, as it is due to the husbands that they do not drink.
מתו בעליהן עד שלא שתו, בית שמאי אומרים: נוטלות כתובה ולא שותות, ובית הלל אומרים: או שותות או לא נוטלות כתובתן.
If the husbands of sota women died before their wives drank the bitter water, Beit Shammai say: They collect payment of their marriage contracts and they do not drink the bitter water. And Beit Hillel say: They either drink the bitter water or they do not collect payment of their marriage contracts.
מעוברת חבירו ומניקת חבירו — לא שותות ולא נוטלות כתובה, דברי רבי מאיר. וחכמים אומרים: יכול הוא להפרישה ולהחזירה לאחר זמן.
A woman who was pregnant with the child of another man at the time of her marriage and a woman who was nursing the child of another man at the time of her marriage neither drink the bitter water nor collect payment of their marriage contracts. This is because by rabbinic law they may not marry for 24 months after the baby’s birth, and therefore these also constitute prohibited marriages. This is the statement of R' Meir. And the Rabbis say: He can separate from her, and remarry her after the time of 24 months has elapsed, and therefore these are considered permitted marriages, and the women can drink the bitter water.