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קִנּוּי הָאָמוּר בַּתּוֹרָה (במדבר ה יד) "וְקִנֵּא אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ" הוּא שֶׁיֹּאמַר לָהּ בִּפְנֵי עֵדִים אַל תִּסָּתְרִי עִם אִישׁ פְּלוֹנִי. אֲפִלּוּ הָיָה אָבִיהָ אוֹ אָחִיהָ אוֹ עַכּוּ"ם אוֹ עֶבֶד אוֹ שָׁחוּף הוּא הָאִישׁ שֶׁאֵינוֹ מִתְקַשֶּׁה וְאֵינוֹ מוֹלִיד:The admonition of jealousy stated in the Torah [Numbers 5:14], "And he will adjure his wife," means the following. He tells her in the presence of witnesses: "Do not enter into privacy with this and this man."This applies even if the man [under suspicion] is her father, her brother, a gentile, a servant or a man who is impotent and incapable of having an erection or fathering a child.

הַסְּתִירָה הָאֲמוּרָה בַּתּוֹרָה (במדבר ה יג) "וְנִסְתְּרָה" הוּא שֶׁתִּסָּתֵר עִם אוֹתוֹ הָאִישׁ שֶׁאָמַר לָהּ אַל תִּסָּתְרִי עִמּוֹ בִּפְנֵי שְׁנֵי עֵדִים. אִם שָׁהֲתָה עִמּוֹ כְּדֵי טֻמְאָה שֶׁהוּא כְּדֵי לִצְלוֹת בֵּיצָה וּלְגָמְעָהּ הֲרֵי זוֹ אֲסוּרָה עַל בַּעְלָהּ עַד שֶׁתִּשְׁתֶּה מֵי הַמָּרִים וְיִבָּדֵק הַדָּבָר. וּבִזְמַן שֶׁאֵין שָׁם מֵי סוֹטָה תֵּאָסֵר עָלָיו לְעוֹלָם וְתֵצֵא בְּלֹא כְּתֻבָּה:The term "enter into privacy" mentioned in the Torah [Ibid.:13] refers to entering into privacy with the man concerning whom she was warned, in the presence of two witnesses, not to enter into privacy. 21:5).If she remains with him long enough to engage in relations - i.e., the amount of time necessary to roast an egg and swallow it, she is forbidden to her husband 11:14, a woman who commits adultery is forbidden to her husband. Since we suspect that this woman committed adultery, she is forbidden until her faithfulness is proven. until she drinks the bitter water, and [her faithfulness] is checked. In an era when [the probe of] the waters of the sotah is unavailable, she is forbidden to her husband forever and is divorced without receiving the [money due her by virtue of] her ketubah. 24:24).

קִנֵּא לָהּ עַל שְׁנַיִם כְּאֶחָד וְאָמַר לָהּ אַל תִּסָּתְרִי עִם פְּלוֹנִי וּפְלוֹנִי. וְנִסְתְּרָה עִם שְׁנֵיהֶן כְּאֶחָד וְשָׁהֲתָה כְּדֵי טֻמְאָה. אֲפִלּוּ הֵם שְׁנֵי אַחֶיהָ אוֹ אָבִיהָ וְאָחִיהָ הֲרֵי זוֹ אֲסוּרָה עַד שֶׁתִּשְׁתֶּה:If [a husband] warns his wife with regard to two men at the same time, telling her: "Do not enter into privacy with so and so, and so and so," she is forbidden [to her husband] until she drinks [the waters] if she enters into privacy with the two men at the same time, and remains there long enough to engage in relations. [This applies] even if [the two men] are her two brothers or her father and her brother.

אָמַר לָהּ בִּפְנֵי שְׁנַיִם אַל תְּדַבְּרִי עִם פְּלוֹנִי אֵין זֶה קִנּוּי. וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁנִּסְתְּרָה עִמּוֹ בְּעֵדִים וְשָׁהֲתָה כְּדֵי טֻמְאָה לֹא נֶאֶסְרָה עָלָיו וְאֵינָהּ שׁוֹתָה בְּקִנּוּי זֶה:If he told her in the presence of two [men]: "Do not speak to so and so," this is not considered to be a warning. Even if she enters into privacy with him in the presence of witnesses and remains there long enough to engage in relations, she is not forbidden to [her husband], nor can she be required to drink [the bitter water] because of such a warning.

וְכֵן אִם אָמַר לָהּ אַל תִּסָּתְרִי עִמּוֹ וְרָאוּהָ מְדַבֶּרֶת עִמּוֹ אֵין זוֹ סְתִירָה. וְלֹא נֶאֶסְרָה וְלֹא שׁוֹתָה. וְכֵן אִם לֹא קָדַם קִנּוּי וּבָאוּ שְׁנַיִם וְהֵעִידוּ שֶׁנִּסְתְּרָה עִם זֶה וְשָׁהֲתָה כְּדֵי טֻמְאָה לֹא נֶאֶסְרָה עַל בַּעְלָהּ וְאֵינָהּ שׁוֹתָה:Similarly, if he told her, "Do not enter into privacy with him," and witnesses saw her speaking with him, she is not considered to be having entered into privacy. She is not forbidden to [her husband], nor can she be required to drink [the bitter water].Similarly, if she was not warned at all, and two witnesses came and testified that she entered into privacy with a man and remained long enough to engage in relations, she is not forbidden to [her husband],) with another man is forbidden (Hilchot Issurei Bi'ah, ch. 22). Nevertheless, Kiddushin 81a states that as long as a warning was not given, such an act is not sufficient cause for a woman to be forbidden to her husband. nor can she be required to drink [the bitter water].

Mishneh Torah, Woman Suspected of Infidelity.1