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Actually, R' Eliezer’s statement is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yishmael, and this is what he is saying: The expression: With her father, means under her father’s authority, i.e., she is still betrothed, and she is executed by burning if she commits adultery. And the expression: With he
Rava says: What is different between the wording of the two clauses of R' Eliezer’s statement that allows for them to be understood differently? Either explain this one and that one literally, i.e., that she has sex with her father or father-in-law, or explain this one and that one as referring to
Rather, Rava says: Actually, R' Eliezer’s statement is in accordance with the opinion of R' Shimon that burning is more severe than stoning, and R' Eliezer holds that the halakha of the married daughter of a priest is comparable to that of the betrothed one. Just as with regard to the betrothed dau
Rav Ḥanina objects to this explanation: Doesn’t R' Shimon himself say that both in this case and in that case, i.e., whether she is betrothed or married, the daughter of a priest is executed by burning? His opinion cannot be interpreted contrary to his own statement.
Rather, Ravina says: Actually, R' Eliezer’s statement is in accordance with the opinion of the Rabbis, that the married daughter of a priest is executed by burning and the betrothed daughter of a priest is executed by stoning. And reverse the wording of R' Eliezer’s statement as follows: When she