Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 155:8

ואיצטריך למיכתב להם הכא ואיצטריך למיכתב לו גבי ממזר

hence did the All Merciful write 'Unto them'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To indicate that the proselytes themselves are regarded as the first generation. ');">²⁷</span> And had the All Merciful written only 'Unto them',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXIII, 9. ');">²⁸</span> it might have been presumed that, where a pregnant Egyptian woman became a proselyte, she and her child are regarded as one generation. hence did the All Merciful write. 'That are born'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That birth constitutes a new generation: ');">²⁹</span> It was, furthermore, necessary to write <i>Unto them</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXIII, 9. ');">²⁸</span>

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