Commentary for Yevamot 118:9

ותנן אתנן כלב ומחיר זונה מותרין (משום) שנאמר (דברים כג, יט) גם שניהם שנים ולא ארבעה

a village dog<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Or 'big hunting dog' (Rashi), 'ferocious dog' (Jast.), 'small wild dog' (Aruk). ');">²⁴</span> covered her from the rear,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A case of unnatural intercourse. ');">²⁵</span> and Rabbi permitted her to marry a priest. Samuel said: Even a High Priest. But was there a High Priest in the days of Rabbi?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Judah ha-nasi (the Prince or Patriarch) I, who flourished 170-217 C.E., above a hundred years after the destruction of the second Temple. ');">²⁶</span>

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