Commentary for Sanhedrin 146:15

רבא אמר במניחתו שלא יהרגנה ור' יהודה היא

— The Rabbis explained this before R. Hisda: Once he has committed the first stage, thereby dishonouring her, he may no longer be slain;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By her rescuers in order to save her, for the extreme measure is permitted only if she is as yet untarnished, ');">¹³</span> whereas monetary liability is not contracted until the completion of cohabitation.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Consequently, the two penalties are not incurred simultaneously, and the principle is inoperative. By 'completion' the destruction of her virginity is meant, ');">¹⁴</span> Now, this agrees with the view that the first stage [which dishonours her] is contact with her sexual organ; but on the view that the first stage is the insertion of the membrum, what can you say?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since then dishonour and destruction of virginity are simultaneous. ');">¹⁵</span> But R. Hisda answered thus: This refers to unnatural followed by natural cohabitation.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since she has been unnaturally violated before, whether by her brother or another, she may not be saved now by his life. Therefore he is fined for destroying her virginity. ');">¹⁶</span> Raba said: This applies where she allows him [to have his will] so that he shall not slay her, and is based on the ruling of R. Judah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra 73a. ');">¹⁷</span>

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