Commentary for Yevamot 117:7

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> כהן גדול לא ישא אלמנה בין אלמנה מן האירוסין בין אלמנה מן הנשואין ולא ישא את הבוגרת ר' אלעזר ור' שמעון מכשירין בבוגרת [ולא ישא את מוכת עץ]:

WHETHER SHE BECAME A WIDOW AFTER A BETROTHAL OR AFTER A MARRIAGE. HE SHALL NOT MARRY ONE WHO IS ADOLESCENT.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] one over twelve years and six months of age. Cf. supra p. 393, n. 5. ');">¹⁸</span> R. ELEAZAR AND R. SIMEON PERMIT HIM TO MARRY ONE WHO IS ADOLESCENT,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] one over twelve years and six months of age. Cf. supra p. 393, n. 5. ');">¹⁸</span> BUT HE MAY NOT MARRY ONE WHO IS WOUNDED.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] lit., 'struck by wood', one who lost her hymen as the result of a blow. ');">¹⁹</span>

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