Commentary for Kiddushin 155:13

וחזר הדין לא ראי זה כראי זה הצד השוה שבהן שאינן ברוב הקהל אף אני אביא את הגר שאינו ברוב הקהל ובתו פסולה

And Abaye admits in the case of one who remarries his divorced wife,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After she married another. This does not refer particularly to a priest.');">¹⁹</span> that if he betroths but does not cohabit, he is not flagellated: the Divine Law saith, [he may not] take her again to be his wife,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXIV, 4; i.e., 'not take' (sc. betrothal) is transgressed only when the marriage is consummated and she becomes his wife.');">²⁰</span>

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