Commentary for Sotah 74:8

דרש רבי יהודה בן נחמני מתורגמניה דרבי שמעון בן לקיש כל הפרשה כולה לא נאמרה אלא בנואף ונואפת

Does it suffice merely to pronounce cursed with such a person!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The penalty is death. ');">¹⁵</span> — But it alludes to one who has immoral intercourse, and begets a son who goes to live among heathens<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Being the offspring of an adulterous union, he is debarred from the Assembly and cannot marry an Israelite woman.] ');">¹⁶</span>

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