Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 117:2
א"ל תניתוה נתארמלו או נתגרשו מן הנשואין פסולות מן האירוסין כשרות
— The other replied to him: You have learned it: IF THEY BECAME WIDOWS OR WERE DIVORCED AFTER MARRIAGE THEY REMAIN INELIGIBLE; IF AFTER BETROTHAL THEY BECOME ELIGIBLE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From which it appears that, in respect of those who are ineligible to marry priests, marriage is the main factor. Had not the marriage to be taken into consideration a widow, for instance, who was betrothed to a High Priest would also be ineligible after his death. ');"><sup>4</sup></span> The first said to him: With reference to rendering her a halalah,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Profaned' and forbidden to a priest. ');"><sup>5</sup></span> I have no doubt that it is the forbidden cohabitation<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the consummation of marriage. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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