Commentary for Sanhedrin 146:11

חטא אלו חייבי כריתות: ורמינהו ואלו נערות שיש להן קנס הבא על אחותו

— He replied, The Divine Law sought to protect her from great dishonour, but not from little dishonour.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the Torah authorised the extreme measure of slaying the ravisher only when he would inflict great dishonour, e.g.. in the case of incest forbidden on pain of extinction, as a result of which she becomes a harlot (zonah) and the child a bastard. But here (a widow, violated by a High Priest), she is merely profaned (halalah). ');">¹⁰</span>

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