Commentary for Sotah 52:13

מאי דבר אחר אמר רב ששת פרט לשקינא לה שלא כדרכה אמר ליה רבא שלא כדרכה (ויקרא יח, כב) משכבי אשה כתיב

declared the All-Merciful, i.e., when there was a legal marriage-status, but not when there is no legal marriage-status. Therefore he informs us [that a gentile] &nbsp; &nbsp; does disqualify her. This is in agreement with R. Johanan who said in the name of R. Ishmael: Whence is it that a gentile or a slave who had intercourse with a priest's daughter or Levite's daughter or an Israelite's daughter disqualifies her [for the heave-offering]? As it is said: <i>But if a priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXII, 13. ');">¹¹</span>

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