Commentary for Yevamot 118:4

אמר ליה אביי ממה נפשך אי בעולה הויא זונה נמי הויא ואי זונה לא הויא בעולה נמי לא הויא וכי תימא מידי דהויא אמוכת עץ שלא כדרכה אם כן אין לך אשה שכשרה לכהונה שלא נעשית מוכת עץ על ידי צרור

Said Abaye to him: Whatever you prefer [your reply cannot be upheld], If she is a <i>be'ulah</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] one who had experienced carnal intercourse. ');">¹⁰</span> she must also be a harlot; and if she is not a harlot<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Presumably because her act cannot be regarded as 'sexual intercourse'. ');">¹¹</span> she cannot be a <i>be'ulah</i> either! And were you to reply: This case is similar to that of a wounded woman,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 394, n. 8. As in her case marriage with a High Priest is forbidden (v. our Mishnah), though she is no harlot, so also in the case of bestial intercourse. ');">¹²</span>

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