Quoting%20commentary for Kiddushin 153:8

מתניתין דלא כרבי דוסתאי בן יהודה דתניא רבי דוסתאי בן יהודה אומר כשם שבני ישראל מקוה טהרה לחללות כך בנות ישראל מקוה טהרה לחללים מאי טעמיה דר' דוסתאי בר' יהודה אמר קרא לא יחלל זרעו בעמיו בעם אחד הוא דמיחל בשני עממים אינו מיחל

Our Mishnah does not agree with R'Dosethai B'Judah. For it was taught: R'Dosethai B'Judah said: Just as the sons of Israel are a mikweh of purification for [female] halaloth, so are the daughters of Israel a mikweh of purification for [male] halalim.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That their issue is eligible for the priesthood, v. supra p. 321. n. 3.');">¹²</span> What is R'Dosethai B'R'Judah's reason? - Scripture saith, 'he shall not profane his seed among his people': he profanes [his seed] among one people, but not among two peoples.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., only when he and his wife are of 'one people,' i.e., both halalim (profaned) is his seed halel too: but if his wife is of a different people, i.e not a halalah, his seed is not halal either.');">¹³</span>

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