Quoting%20commentary for Sanhedrin 102:23

ורבי ישמעאל

And R. Ishmael? — He maintainsthat that verse could apply only to prieststhemselves,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Teaching that they retain their holiness even if blemished, e.g that they may not be defiled by the dead. ');">²⁸</span> but not to their daughters.Hence the necessity of the pleonastic '<i>waw</i>'. Now how does R. Ishmael interpret

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