Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 135:8

גופא בן ט' שנים ויום א' גר עמוני ומואבי מצרי ואדומי כותי נתין חלל וממזר שבאו על כהנת לויה וישראלית פסלן

or a bastard, of the age of nine years and one day, who cohabits with the daughter of a priests of a Levite or of an Israelite, disqualifies her.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Kid. 74b. If the woman is the daughter of a Levite or an Israelite she is forbidden to marry a priest, and if she is the daughter of a priest she may neither marry a priest nor may she continue to eat terumah. ');">²²</span> But since it is stated in the final clause,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the continuation of our Mishnah infra 6. ');">²³</span> 'If they are not fit to enter the assembly of Israel they render [a woman] unfit', it may be inferred that the first clause does not deal with such disqualified persons! — The first clause speaks of those who are disqualified to enter the assembly, while the latter clause speaks of those who are disqualified to marry the daughter of a priest.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As e.g., a halal who is permitted to enter the assembly (i.e., to marry the daughter of an Israelite), but is forbidden to marry the daughter of a priest. (Cf. supra 37a). Though the expression 'not fit to enter the assembly of Israel' was used in the final clause also, it only implies marriage with the daughter of a priest, since otherwise this part of the Mishnah would have been a mere repetition of the first and, consequently, superfluous. ');">²⁴</span> [To turn to] the main text:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The full text of the previous citation. ');">²⁵</span>

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