Commentary for Yevamot 118:11

אם נשא נשוי: אמר רב הונא אמר רב ומוציא בגט ואלא הא דקתני אם נשא נשוי אמר רב אחא בר יעקב לומר

and yet we learned that the hire of a dog<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The beast which a harlot receives for her intercourse with a dog. ');">²⁹</span> and the price of a harlot<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A beast received as the price of a harlot who has been sold. ');">³⁰</span> are permitted<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To be consecrated to the altar. ');">³¹</span> because it is said, <i>Even both these</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXIII, 19. ');">²⁸</span> two only but not four. Our Rabbis taught: [A High Priest] shall not marry the woman he himself has outraged or seduced.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Lev. XXI, 14: But a virgin&nbsp;… shall he take, i.e., she must be a virgin at the time he marries her. ');">³²</span> If, however, he married her, the marriage is valid.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'he is married'. ');">³³</span> He shall not marry a woman whom another man has outraged or seduced. If he did marry her, the child, said R. Eliezer b. Jacob, is profaned:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Halal, v. Glos. ');">³⁴</span> but the Sages said: The child is legitimate.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He is not subject to any disabilities, religious or civil, ');">³⁵</span> 'If, however, he married her, the marriage is valid'. Said R. Huna in the name of Rab: But he must put her aside by a letter of divorce. What, then, [is the explanation] of the statement 'If, however, he married her, the marriage is valid'? — R. Aha b. Jacob replied: It was meant to imply

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