Commentary for Temurah 59:5

אלמנה איצטריך סלקא דעתך אמינא

is the typical case<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the case of an unmarried man who had intercourse with an unmarried woman had been taken, I might have regarded it as typical, and said that only where there is no prohibition as regards intercourse is the hire forbidden, but where intercourse is prohibited hire is not forbidden, and therefore in the case of a widow for a High Priest etc. the hire is not forbidden. The Baraitha therefore takes as example the case of a widow for a High Priest, etc.');">⁴</span>

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