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Talmud: Since the rulings of the Mishnah are based on the principle that the special halakhot of a betrothed young woman who committed adultery apply only to a woman who was born Jewish, the Talmud questions the halakha that a woman who was conceived when her mother was a non-Jew but born when her
The Talmud asks: If so, if the verse equates her to a regular Jewish woman, let her husband also be flogged if he defames her, and let him also pay the 100 sela. The Talmud answers that the verse states: “That she die” (Deuteronomy 22:21), which indicates that she was included with regard to the d
The Talmud asks a question from the opposite perspective: And say that the verse comes to include even one whose conception and birth both occurred when her mother was not in a state of sanctity. The Talmud answers: If so, the phrase “in Israel” (Deuteronomy 22:21), what purpose does it serve? Thi
§ R' Yosei bar Ḥanina said: The defamer of an orphan girl is exempt, as it is stated: “And they shall fine him 100 shekels of silver, and give them to the father of the young woman” (Deuteronomy 22:19), which excludes this one who does not have a father.
R' Yosei bar Avin, and some say it was R' Yosei bar Zevida, raised an objection to this from the following baraita: The verse states with regard to a seduced young woman: “If her father utterly refuse [ma’en yima’en] to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins” (Exodus 2