Commentary for Ketubot 45:15

הואי (קהלת י, ה) כשגגה שיוצא מלפני השליט ואישתביין בנתיה דמר שמואל ואסקינהו לארעא דישראל אוקמן לשבויינהו מאבראי ועיילי לבי מדרשא דר' חנינא הא אמרה נשביתי וטהורה אני והא אמרה נשביתי וטהורה אני שרינהו

It was, “As an error which proceeds from before the ruler” (Ecclesiastes 10:5) and the daughters of Mar Samuel were taken captive. And they were brought to the Land of Israel. They had their captors stand outside and they went in into the school of R. Hanina. This one said, “I was taken captive and I am pure,” and that one said. “I was taken captive and I am pure,” and they allowed them [to marry a priest].

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