Commentary for Yevamot 135:6

אלא אמר רבא בבן תשע שנים ויום אחד דהנך פסולים קתני דפסלי בביאתן וכדתניא בן תשע שנים ויום אחד גר עמוני ומואבי מצרי ואדומי כותי נתין חלל וממזר שבאו על כהנת לויה וישראלית פסלוה

of the privilege of eating <i>terumah</i>;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The boy of the age of nine years and one day accordingly deprives a woman of the privilege; and it is because of this ruling that the case of the boy was included in our Mishnah. The second ruling that certain persons CANNOT BESTOW THE PRIVILEGE is not, of course, necessary in his case and applies only to the others enumerated, vi., THE EMBRYO, THE LEVIR, BETROTHAL AND A DEAF-MUTE. ');">¹⁸</span> as it was taught: An Ammonite,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who is forbidden to enter the congregation of the Lord. Cf. Deut. XXIII, 4. ');">¹⁹</span> a Moabite,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who is forbidden to enter the congregation of the Lord. Cf. Deut. XXIII, 4. ');">¹⁹</span> an Egyptian,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who, to the third generation, is forbidden to enter the congregation of the Lord. Cf. ibid. 9f. ');">²⁰</span>

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