Commentary for Yevamot 103:15

דתניא (ויקרא כא, ז) ואשה גרושה מאישה לא יקחו אפילו לא נתגרשה אלא מאישה לא יקחו והיינו ריח הגט שפוסל בכהונה

Rabbah b. Hanan demurred: Now then,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If provision has to be made against mistaking a valid, for an invalid document. ');">⁴⁰</span> had he given her a mere scrap of paper would he also have disqualified her?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From subsequently marrying the levir. ');">⁴¹</span> The other replied: There [the scrap of paper] does not cause the woman to be unfit for a priest;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Having no validity whatsoever it could never be mistaken for a proper divorce. ');">⁴²</span>

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