Yevamot 70A

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However, if she is rumored to have had sex with him, even if she is also rumored to have had sex with others, we cast the child after him.

Rava said: From where do I say that? My source is the Mishnah that teaches that if a priest engaged in extramarital sex with an Israelite woman and she gave birth, she may partake of teruma due to her child. What are the circumstances? If we say that she is rumored to have had sex with him and she

And if there, where for her to have sex with this priest is in violation of a prohibition and to have sex with that non-priest is in violation of a prohibition of the same degree, and she is rumored to have had sex with both, nevertheless, we cast the child after the priest, then here, where for her

Abaye said to him: Actually, I could say to you that anywhere that she is rumored to have had sex with others, even if she is also rumored to have had sex with him, Rav said that the offspring is a mamzer. And the Mishnah, which you cited as support for your claim, is referring to a situation where

§ It is stated in the Mishnah that a slave disqualifies a woman from partaking of teruma due to his engaging in sex with her, but not due to his being her offspring. The Talmud asks: What is the reason that he does not disqualify a woman whose offspring he is? The verse states with regard to a femal