Commentary for Yevamot 121:13

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> א"ל ריש גלותא לרב הונא מ"ט משום פריה ורביה אפריה ורביה כהנים הוא דמפקדי וישראל לא מפקדי אמר ליה משום דקא בעי למיתני סיפא רבי יהודה אומר אע"פ שיש לו אשה

was forbidden as a preventive measure against the second act of cohabitation.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is not required for the fulfillment of the precept of the levirate marriage. ');">³²</span> <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. A COMMON PRIEST SHALL NOT MARRY A WOMAN INCAPABLE OF PROCREATION,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] v. Glos. s.v. Ilonith. ');">³³</span> UNLESS HE HAD ALREADY A WIFE<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So Maimonides. Rashi seems to omit 'wife'. ');">³⁴</span> OR CHILDREN.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because it is one's duty to propagate the race. V. Gemara infra. ');">³⁵</span> R. JUDAH SAID: EVEN THOUGH HE HAS HAD A WIFE AND CHILDREN HE SHALL NOT MARRY A WOMAN INCAPABLE OF PROCREATION, SINCE SUCH<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A woman one marries for the gratification of one's passions and not for the propagation of the race. ');">³⁶</span> [IS INCLUDED IN THE TERM OF] HARLOT MENTIONED IN THE TORAH.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Lev. XXI, 7. ');">³⁷</span> BUT THE SAGES SAID: THE TERM HARLOT IMPLIES ONLY A FEMALE PROSELYTE,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who is disqualified through her presumed intercourse with idolaters and slaves. ');">³⁸</span> FREED BONDMAID<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who is disqualified through her presumed intercourse with idolaters and slaves. ');">³⁸</span> AND ONE WHO HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO MERETRICIOUS INTERCOURSE. <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Said the Exilarch<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H]. ');">³⁹</span> to R. Huna: What is the reason?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why a priest may not marry a woman incapable of procreation? ');">⁴⁰</span> Obviously because of the duty of the propagation of the race; are, then, only priests commanded concerning the propagation of the race while Israelites are not commanded?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why then was only the priest mentioned? ');">⁴¹</span> The other replied:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Priest only had to be mentioned. ');">⁴²</span> Because it was desired to state in the final clause, R. JUDAH SAID: EVEN THOUGH HE HAS HAD A WIFE

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