Isha katlanit (Hebrew: אישה קטלנית‎, literally: "lethal/deadly woman") is a term used in halakha ("Jewish law") for a married woman who has become a widow twice. Such a woman, it is said, should not marry again, because marrying her carries the risk that her next husband may also die (i.e., she will become the "cause" of his death because her marriage to her two previous husbands ended when they died.) The Talmud presents two reasons why marrying a katlanit is risky: