Commentary for Kiddushin 42:20
א"ד בביאה שניה כ"ע לא פליגי דאסירא דהויא לה גיורת כי פליגי בביאה ראשונה רב אמר מותר דהא לא דברה תורה אלא כנגד יצר הרע ושמואל אמר אסור כל היכא דקרינא ביה (דברים כא, יב) והבאתה אל תוך ביתך קרינא ביה וראית בשביה כל היכא דלא קרינא ביה והבאתה אל תוך ביתך לא קרינא ביה וראית בשביה
which is absent. Nothing more is possible.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This refutation is absolute.');"><sup>28</sup></span> The scholars propounded: May a priest take a 'a woman of goodly form'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Deut. XXI, 11. A priest may not marry a proselyte: how is it here?');"><sup>29</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
According to this version of the dispute, the two sages both agree that marrying her, the “second intercourse” is prohibited because priests may not marry converts. They disagree over whether the Torah’s concession to the evil inclination applies to even to the priest. Rav says that it does, since priests, like everyone else, have evil inclinations.
Shmuel holds that since he cannot “bring her into his house” as a wife, he also cannot have intercourse with her the first time.
Shmuel holds that since he cannot “bring her into his house” as a wife, he also cannot have intercourse with her the first time.
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