Commentary for Yevamot 119:4

אנוסת חבירו ומפותת חבירו לא ישא ואם נשא ר' אלעזר בן יעקב אומר הולד חלל וחכמים אומרים הולד כשר: אמר רב הונא אמר רב הלכה כר' אליעזר בן יעקב וכן אמר רב גידל אמר רב הלכה כרבי אליעזר בן יעקב

Said R. Huna in the name of Rab: The <i>halachah</i> is in agreement with R. Eliezer b. Jacob; and so said R. Giddal in the name of Rab: The <i>halachah</i> is in agreement with R. Eliezer b. Jacob. Others say: R. Huna stated in the name of Rab. What is R. Eliezer b. Jacob's reason?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For declaring the child to be a halal. ');">¹¹</span> — He is of the same opinion as R. Eleazar.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who stated, infra 61b, that intercourse for a non-matrimonial purpose between an unmarried man and an unmarried woman renders the latter a harlot, cohabitation with whom is forbidden by a negative commandment, and any issue therefrom is deemed to be a halal. ');">¹²</span> But is the former of the same opinion as the latter? Surely we have an established tradition that 'the teaching of R. Eliezer b. Jacob is small in quantity, but select',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 49b, q.v. for notes. ');">¹³</span> while in this case R. Amram<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. BaH. Cur. edd. add, 'in the name of Rab'. ');">¹⁴</span>

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