Jerusalem Talmud Yevamot 16.4

משנה: נָפַל בַּמַּיִם בֵּין שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהֶן סוֹף בֵּין שֶׁאֵין לָהֶן סוֹף אִשְׁתּוֹ אֲסוּרָה. אָמַר רִבִּי מֵאִיר מַעֲשֶׂה בְאֶחָד שֶׁנָּפַל לְבוֹר הַגָּדוֹל וְעָלָה אַחַר שְׁלֹשָׁה יָמִים. אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵי מַעֲשֶׂה בְסוּמֶא שֶׁיָּרַד לִטְבּוֹל בִּמְעָרָה וְיָרַד מוֹשְׁכוֹ אַחֲרָיו וְשָׁהוּ כְדֵי שֶׁתֵּצֵא נַפְשָׁם וְהִשִּׂיאוּ אֶת נְשׁוֹתֵיהֶן. וְשׁוּב מַעֲשֶׂה בְעַסְיָא בְּאֶחָד שֶׁשִּׁילְשְׁלוּהוּ לַיָּם וְלֹא עָלָה בְיָדָם אֶלָּא רַגְלוֹ אָמְרוּ חֲכָמִים מִן הָאַרְכּוּבָּה וּלְמָעֲלָה תִּינָּשֵׂא מִן הָאַרְכּוּבָּה וּלְמַטָּה לֹא תִינָּשֶׂא.

MISHNAH: If he fell into water, both enclosed and open, his wife is forbidden. Rebbi Meїr said, if happened that someone fell into a large cistern and came up after three days. Rebbi Yose said, it happened with a blind man who went to immerse himself in a cave, and his guide went after him, they stayed there the time to die [from drowning] and they permitted their wives to remarry. It also happened in Assos that one lowered a person into the sea and only his leg was recovered. The Sages said, if from the knee and higher, she can remarry, from lower than the knee she cannot remarry.

הלכה: נָפַל לַמַּיִם בֵּין שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהֶן סוֹף בֵּין שֶׁאֵין לָהֶן סוֹף אִשְׁתּוֹ אֲסוּרָה. דִּבְרֵי רִבִּי מֵאִיר. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים. מַיִם שֶׁאִין לָהֶם סוֹף אִשְׁתּוֹ אֲסוּרָה. שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהֶם סוֹף אִשְׁתּוֹ מוּתֶּרֶת. אָמַר רִבִּי מֵאִיר. מַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁנָּפַל לְבוֹר הַגָּדוֹל וְעָלָה אַחַר שְׁלֹשָׁה יָמִים. אָמְרוּ לוֹ. אֵין מַזְכִּירִין מַעֲשֵׂה נִיסִּים. אָמַר רִבִּי. מַעֲשֶׂה בִשְׁנַיִם שֶׁיָּרְדוּ לִכְמוֹר מִכְמָרוֹת לַיַּרְדֵן. לְעִיתוֹתֵי עֶרֶב. רָאָה אֶחָד מְחִילָה שֶׁל דָּגִים וְנִכְנַס לְתוֹכָהּ. וּבִקֵּשׁ לָצֵאת לא הָיָה מוֹצֵא פִיתְחָהּ שֶׁל מְעָרָה. וּבָא חֲבֵירוֹ וְעָמַד עַל פִּתְחָהּ שֶׁל מְעָרָה וְשָׁהָא כְדֵי שֶׁתֵּצֵא נַפְשׁוֹ וּבָא וְהִגִּיד בְּתוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ. וּבְשַׁחֲרִית זָרְחָה הַחַמָּה וְהִכִּיר פִּתְחָהּ שֶׁל מְעָרָה וְיָצָא וּבָא וּמָצָא הֶסְפֵּד קָשׁוּר בְּתוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ. אָמַר רִבִּי עֲקִיבָא. מַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁעָשִׂיתִי מְפָרֵשׂ בְּיָם הַגָּדוֹל וְרָאִיתִי סְפִינָה אַחַת שֶׁשָּׁקְעָה בַיָּם וְהָיִיתִי מִצְטָעֵר עַל תַּלְמִיד חָכָם אֶחָד שֶׁהָיָה בְתוֹכָהּ. וּכְשֶׁבָּאתִי לְמַגִּיזָה שֶּׁל קַפּוֹדְקִיָּא וְהִתְחִיל מְקַדְּמֵינִי וְשׁוֹאֵל לִי שְׁאֵלוֹת נוֹמְתִי לוֹ. בְּנִי. הֵיאַךְ פְּלַטָּתָהּ. נוֹמֶה לִי. רִבִּי. טְרָפַנִי גַּל לַחֲבִירוֹ וַחֲבֵירוֹ לַחֲבֵירוֹ עַד שֶׁהֵקִיאָנִי לַיַּבָּשָׁה. בְּאוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה אָמַרְתִּי. גְּדוֹלִים דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים שֶׁאָמְרוֹ. מַיִם שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם סוֹף אִשְׁתּוֹ אֲסוּרָה. מַיִם שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהֶם סוֹף אִשְׁתּוֹ מוּתֶּרֶת.

HALAKHAH: “If he fell into water, both enclosed and open, his wife is forbidden, the words of Rebbi Meĩr. But the Sages say, in open waters his wife is forbidden, in enclosed waters, his wife is permitted.” Rebbi Meїr said, it happened that someone fell into a large cistern and came up after three days. They said to him, one does not mention wonders. Rebbi said, it happened that two went to put fish nets into the Jordan in the evening. One of them saw a fish cave and entered it. When he wanted to leave, he was unable to find the cave’s entrance. His colleague waited at the entrance of the cave so long that he would be dead; he returned and reported to his house. Next morning when the sun shone, the man recognized the entrance of the cave, left, and found his house in mourning. Rebbi Aqiba said, It happened that I was traveling on the ocean that I saw a ship sinking. I was sorry for a student Sage who was on that ship. When I came to Kappadocian Mazaga he greated me and asked me questions. I said to him, my son, how did you escape? He told me, Rabbi, one wave tore me to another, and another to another, until it vomited me onto dry land. Then I said, how great are the words of the Sages who said, in open waters his wife is forbidden, in enclosed waters, his wife is permitted.

אָמַר רִבִּי אַבָּהוּ. אִם הַיָּם גַּלֵינִי וְהִבִּיט לְאַרְבַּע רוּחוֹתָיו וְרָאָה שֶׁאֵין שָׁם בִּרְיָיה. מִשִּׂיאִין אֶת אִשְׁתּוֹ.

Rebbi Abbahu said, if the ocean was quiet, he looked around in all directions and saw that no creature was there, one lets his wife remarry.

וְשׁוּב מַעֲשֶׂה בְעַסְיָא בְּאֶחָד שֶׁשִּׁילְשְׁלוּהוּ הַיָּם וְלֹא עָלָה בְיָדָם אֶלָּא רַגְלוֹ. תַּנֵּי. רָצוּ לַחֲתוֹךְ סְפּוֹגִים וּבָאוּ וּמָצְאוּ אוֹתוֹ שׁוּלְחָנִי בְעַכּוֹ. רִבִּי חַגַּי בָּעֵי קוֹמֵי רִבִּי יוֹסֵי. לֹא מִסְתַּבְּרָא נוֹתְנִין לוֹ שָָׁהוּת כְּדֵי טְרֵיפָה. אָמַר לֵיהּ. אַף אֲנָא סָבוּר כֵּן.

“It also happened in Assos that one lowered a person into the sea and only his leg was recovered.” It was stated: They wanted to cut sponges and found that banker in Acco. Rebbi Ḥaggai asked before Rebbi Yose: Is it not reasonable that one allows time for him as for a torn animal? He answered him, that is my opinion also.