Commentary for Kiddushin 154:9

תני תנא קמיה דרב ששת כל שהוא (ויקרא כא, יד) ביקח הרי הוא (ויקרא כא, יד) בלא יקח כל שאינו ביקח אינו בלא יקח פרט לכהן גדול שבא על אחותו אלמנה

- Said R'Hama son of R'Kattina: Because the designation of harlotry [zenuth] disqualifies in the case of an Israelite.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the wife of an Israelite commits adultery, he may not live with her. Thus, though in the case under discussion the prohibition of a zonah adds nothing, an extra penalty is incurred because harlotry in general is a wider prohibition.');">¹⁰</span> A Tanna recited before R'Shesheth: Whoever is included in [a virgin of his own people] shall he take [to wife],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXI, 14.');">¹¹</span>

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