Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 113:11

אלא אליבא דהאי תנא דתנן רבי אליעזר בן יעקב אומר אשה בת גרים לא תנשא לכהונה עד שתהא אמה מישראל

said that the assembly of proselytes is not called an 'assembly'!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The marriage with her being consequently permissible, the right of eating terumah should obviously be conferred upon her. ');">³⁷</span> It must rather be<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Johanan raised his question. ');">³⁸</span> in accordance with the view of the following Tanna. For we learned: R. Eliezer b. Jacob said, 'A woman who is the daughter of a proselyte must not be married to a priest unless her mother was of Israel',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Bik. I, 5. ');">³⁹</span> And it is this that his question amounts to: Has only her eligibility<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where her mother was of Israel. ');">⁴⁰</span>

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