Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 178:6

א"ל הכי אמר שמואל אסור בממזרת וכן כי אתא רבין א"ר יוחנן אסור בממזרת ואמאי קרי ליה ממזר לאוסרו בבת ישראל

but why [should the child] by the first [be a bastard]? She is, surely, his wife<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The marriage with the second having had no validity at all. ');">¹⁶</span> and [the child is consequently] a proper Israelite whom [by regarding him as a bastard] we permit to marry a bastard!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who is forbidden to an Israelite. As this, however, is permitted it follows that even a law of the Torah may be superseded by an ordinance of the Rabbis. ');">¹⁷</span> The first retorted: Thus said Samuel, 'He is forbidden to marry a bastard'. And so said Rabin, when he came,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From Palestine to Babylon. ');">¹⁸</span>

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