Commentary for Sotah 57:7

ואי נמי אית ליה מילתא דאתיא בקל וחומר טרח וכתב לה קרא

so also [the prohibition] respecting the heave-offering is likewise to come into force during his lifetime, to the exclusion of that respecting the priesthood which comes into effect after death.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' During the husband's lifetime she cannot in any way marry into the priesthood since a priest may not marry a divorcee; the prohibition is consequently to refer here to after the husband's death, that even then a priest may not marry the suspected woman. Since the analogy does not apply, the text cannot be applied to this prohibition. ');">⁷</span>

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