Kiddushin 75B

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and R' Yishmael holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Akiva concerning a different halakha. The Talmud clarifies: R' Elazar holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Yishmael, who says: Samaritans are lion converts, i.e., they converted out of fear of being attacked by lions for worshipping i

The Talmud asks: But does R' Yishmael hold in accordance with the opinion of R' Akiva in this matter? But doesn’t R' Yoḥanan say in the name of R' Yishmael: From where is it derived with regard to a non-Jew or a Canaanite slave who had sex with the daughter of a priest, or with the daughter of a Lev

He explains: It is only if she was married to one who has the halakhot of widowhood and divorce, meaning a Jew, that she can return to her father’s house and partake of teruma. This serves to exclude a non-Jew or a Canaanite slave, who do not have the halakhot of widowhood and divorce; if the daug

And if it enters your mind that R' Yishmael holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Akiva that the offspring of a Jewish woman and a non-Jew or a slave is a mamzer, what need is there for this proof? Now that he holds that the offspring from a non-Jew is a mamzer, is it necessary to state that th

Rather, the Talmud explains as follows: R' Elazar holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Yishmael, who says: Samaritans are lion converts, and R' Elazar himself also holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Akiva, who says: If a non-Jew or a Canaanite slave had sex with a Jewish woman, the o