Reference for Yevamot 200:17
ממאנת מי קא ילדה והתני רב ביבי קמיה דרב נחמן שלש נשים משמשות במוך קטנה מעוברת ומניקה קטנה שמא תתעבר ותמות מעוברת שמא תעשה עוברה סנדל מניקה שמא תגמול את בנה וימות ואיזו היא קטנה מבת אחת עשרה שנה ויום אחד עד בת שתים עשרה שנה ויום אחד פחות מיכן או יתר על כן משמשת כדרכה והולכת דברי רבי מאיר
for the first, however, he should be allowed to defile himself in any case! For if he is his son, then he may justly defile himself for him; and if he is the son of the second<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who married his mother while she was a divorced woman. ');"><sup>54</sup></span> he may legitimately defile himself for him since he is a halal!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. The child of a union between a priest and a divorced woman is disqualified for the priesthood and may defile himself for the dead. ');"><sup>55</sup></span> Consequently [our Mishnah must refer to a case] of prostitution,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where neither of the men had contracted legal marriage with her. Her son, since she has the status of feme sole, has also the status of a legitimate priest who must observe the laws of priestly sanctity, and must not, therefore, defile himself for either of the men. Death and divorce being excluded as factors in the separation of the woman from the first man, it is also possible that the son should he in the position of onan for them and that they should he onenim for him. ');"><sup>56</sup></span> and the meaning of AFTER [SEPARATION FROM] HER HUSBAND must be, AFTER [SEPARATION FROM] THE MAN WHO IRREGULARLY COHABITED WITH HER;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H]. The consonants [H] are the same as those of 'her husband', [H]. ');"><sup>57</sup></span>
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