Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 122:14

ר' אלעזר אומר פנוי הבא על הפנויה שלא לשם אישות עשאה זונה אמר רב עמרם אין הלכה כרבי אלעזר:

speaks] of a High Priest, and it represents the opinion of the following Tanna. For it was taught: A virgin;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXI, 4. ');">³⁷</span> as one might assume it to mean a minor, it was explicitly stated wife. If only 'wife' [had been written], it might have been assumed to mean one who is adolescent,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A bogereth (v. Glos.). ');">³⁸</span> hence it was explicitly stated, 'a virgin'. How, then [is the text to be understood]? One who has emerged from her minority but has not yet attained adolescence.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A minor is thus forbidden, and R. Eliezer's ruling is based on a Pentateuchal deduction. ');">³⁹</span>

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