Abaye’s wife, Ḥoma, came before Rava after Abaye died, as Rava was the local judge. She said to him: "Apportion sustenance for me."
Rava apportioned sustenance for her.
She subsequently said to him: "Apportion wine for me."
He said to her: "I know that Naḥmani, i.e., Abaye, did not drink wine."
She said to him: "By the Master’s life, he would give me wine to drink in cups [shufrazei] as large as this." While she was showing him, her arm became uncovered, a light had shined in the courtroom.
Rava arose, went home, and requested intercourse from his wife, the daughter of Rav Ḥisda. The daughter of Rav Ḥisda said to him: "Who was just now in the courtroom?"
He said to her: "Ḥoma, Abaye’s wife."
She went after her and struck her with the lock of a chest [kulpei deshida] until she drove her out of the entire city of Meḥoza, saying to her: "You have already killed three men, as Abaye was your third husband, and now you come to kill another?"