Commentary for Yevamot 66:12

הכי נמי מסתברא דקתני סיפא אם היו קטנות שאינן ראויות לילד מחזירין אותן מיד ואי במזיד מי שריא הא לא קשיא פיתוי קטנה אונס נינהו ואונס בישראל מישרא שרי

Rab Judah replied: Read THEY WERE EXCHANGED.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] (B.H. [H]), Hof., i.e., accidentally. ');">⁴⁹</span> This<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the exchange was not a wilful act. ');">⁵⁰</span> may also be proved by logical reasoning. For in the latter clause it was stated, IF THEY WERE MINORS INCAPABLE OF BEARING CHILDREN THEY MAY BE RESTORED AT ONCE. Now, if the act<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In this case the exchange. ');">⁴⁷</span> had been willful, would [this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The immediate restoration of the minors to their husbands. ');">⁵¹</span> have been] permitted! — This is no difficulty. The seduction of a minor is deemed to be an outrage, and an outraged woman is permitted to an Israelite.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Her husband. V. Keth. 51b. ');">⁵²</span>

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