Commentary for Sotah 57:5

אמר לך מסתברא דומיא דבעל ובועל מה בעל ובועל מחיים אף תרומה נמי מחיים לאפוקי כהונה דלאחר מיתה

— one [to prohibit her] to the husband, one to the paramour, and one for the heave-offering; and [the prohibition] regarding the priesthood he deduces by <i>a fortiori</i> reasoning. Whence, however, does R. Ishmael [know] that a text is required for the heave-offering and that [the prohibition] regarding the priesthood is to be deduced by <i>a fortiori</i> reasoning; perhaps [a text] is required as regards the priesthood and the heave-offering is permitted to her!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why does he not apply one occurrence of the word 'defiled' to the matter of the priesthood instead of the heave-offering? ');">⁵</span>

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