Commentary for Kiddushin 148:3

אלא טעמא דבת שלש שנים ויום אחד הא פחותה מבת שלש שנים ויום אחד דמותרת לבא בקהל כהונה אסורה לבוא זה בזה הרי פחותה מבת שלש שנים ויום אחד לר"ש בן יוחי דמותרת לבא בקהל כהונה ומותרות לבא זה בזה

[For we would then argue thus:] It is only because she is three years and a day; but if less than three years and one day, since she may enter into the assembly of priests, she is forbidden [to intermarry] with the others?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. mamzer, etc.');">⁴</span> But what of [the case of her] who is less then three years and a day, according to R'Simeon B'Yohai, who, though she may enter into the assembly of priests, may yet intermarry with the others!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For since she may marry a mamzer, it follows that the assembly of proselytes is not designated 'assembly' (v. supra a) ; hence the same holds good if she becomes a proselyte before that age.');">⁵</span>

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