Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 28:16

תא שמע דאמר רבי יוחנן בן נורי היאך הלכה זו רווחת בישראל נעשה כדברי ב"ש הולד ממזר לדברי ב"ה נעשה כדברי ב"ה הולד פגום לדברי ב"ש בואו ונתקן להן לצרות

Come and hear: R. Johanan b. Nuri said: 'How is this law<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Relating to the marriages of rivals. ');">²⁷</span> to be promulgated in Israel? Were we to act in accordance with the ruling of Beth Shammai,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who permit the rivals to marry the brothers. ');">²⁸</span> the child would, in accordance with the ruling of Beth Hillel, be a bastard.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Having been born from a forbidden marriage (that of a brother's wife) which involves kareth. ');">²⁹</span> And were we to act in accordance with the ruling of Beth Hillel,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Permitting rivals to marry strangers without previous halizah. ');">³⁰</span> the child, according to the ruling of Beth Shammai, would be tainted;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though not actually a bastard, he would, were he a kohen, be disqualified from the priesthood. ');">³¹</span> come, then, and let us issue an ordinance that the rivals

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