Reference for Yevamot 153:13

לא ראי זה כראי זה ולא ראי זה כראי זה הצד השוה שבהן שאינו ברוב קהל ובתו פסולה אף כאן שאינו ברוב קהל ובתו פסולה

[But it may be objected that] a <i>halal</i> is different since his formation was in sin!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A halal is the offspring of a forbidden union; the Ammonite proselyte is not. How, then, could the latter be inferred from the former? ');">⁴⁸</span> — [Then the case of the] High Priest<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whose formation was not in sin, and yet his daughter is forbidden. ');">⁴⁹</span> proves it; and thus the argument will go round;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If objection is raised against the case of the High Priest. that of the halal will be adduced as proof; and if objection is raised against that of the halal, the case of the High Priest will be adduced as proof. ');">⁵⁰</span> though the aspect of the one is unlike that of the other and the aspect of the other is unlike that of the first, their common characteristic is that either of them is unlike the majority of the assembly<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As to the High Priest his cohabitation is forbidden, and as to the halal his formation was in sin. ');">⁵¹</span>

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