Quoting%20commentary for Kiddushin 152:5

ולא מסנהדרין ולמעלה מאי טעמא דתני רב יוסף כשם שבית דין מנוקין בצדק כך מנוקין מכל מום אמר מרימר מאי קראה (שיר השירים ד, ז) כולך יפה רעיתי ומום אין בך

NOR FROM THE SANHEDRIN AND UPWARDS. What is the reason? - For R'Joseph learnt: Just as the court must be pure in righteousness, so must it be pure from any [genealogical] blemish.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This refers to the larger or smaller Sanhedrin (v. Sanh. 2a) , but not to an ordinary court.');">¹⁰</span> Said Meremar: What verse teaches this?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'what is its verse?'');">¹¹</span> Thou art all fair, my love; and there is no blemish in thee.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cant. IV, 7.');">¹²</span>

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