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and they would exempt married women from ḥalitza and levirate marriage. The Talmud elaborates: In what way would they expound the verse to lead them to this conclusion? The verse states: “The wife of the dead man shall not be married outside of the family to one not of his kin; her brother-in-law w
After having explained which prohibition the Samaritans violated, the Talmud explains how this accounts for the prohibition with regard to marriage with Samaritans. And R' Akiva conforms to his standard line of reasoning, as he says: The offspring of sex for which one is liable for violating a proh
And some say a third opinion as to why the rabbis disqualified Samaritans for marriage: It is because they are not well versed in the details of mitzvot. The Talmud asks: Who is the one indicated by the phrase: Some say? Rav Idi bar Avin said: It is the opinion of R' Eliezer. As it is taught in a b
The Talmud asks: But here, with regard to marriage, in what details are they not well versed? The Talmud answers: It is because they are not well versed with regard to the laws of betrothal and divorce. Consequently, it is possible that their bills of divorce were invalid, or that a betrothed wom
Rav Naḥman says that Rabba bar Avuh says: Samaritans are of flawed lineage because a mamzer resulting from sex between a man and his sister and a mamzer resulting from sex between a man and his brother’s wife were assimilated among them, and they therefore all have the status of mamzerim due to th