Commentary for Yevamot 118:5

אלא אמר רבי זירא בממאנת

[it may be pointed out] that <font>if [the disqualification should be extended to] unnatural intercourse also,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if injury to the anus is to be subject to the same restrictions as injury to the hymen. ');">¹³</span></font> you will find no woman eligible to marry a [High Priest [since there is not one] who has not been in some way &nbsp; &nbsp; wounded<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra p. 394, n. 8. ');">¹⁴</span> by a splinter! No, said R. Zera,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rab's reason of 'previous carnal intercourse' was necessary. ');">¹⁵</span>

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