Commentary for Yevamot 119:7

רב אשי אמר ביש חלל מחייבי עשה קמיפלגי רבי אליעזר בן יעקב סבר יש חלל מחייבי עשה ורבנן סברי אין חלל מחייבי עשה

And the Rabbis?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why, in view of this Scriptural proof do they not regard such offspring as a halal? ');">²²</span> — [By the expression] these<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXI, 14. ');">¹⁸</span> the context is broken up.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus separating those subject to the penalty of a negative commandment from those who are subject to the penalty of a positive commandment. The reference to profanation (halal) applies only to the former. ');">²³</span> But R. Eliezer b. Jacob maintains that the expression, these,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXI, 14. ');">¹⁸</span>

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