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how could a second-generation Egyptian convert ever achieve purity, so that it is permitted for his offspring, the third generation, to enter into the congregation? He may marry neither a Jew nor a female Egyptian convert. The Talmud answers: Perhaps it means that if he transgressed and married a c
The Talmud asks: But isn’t there the halakha of a mamzer, which is a case of that if, as a mamzer is the child of a forbidden union, and yet the verse writes it? The Talmud answers: A case of that if that results in a prohibition, the Torah writes, but a case of that if that leads to an allowan
The Talmud raises an objection: But isn’t there the halakha governing one who remarries his divorcée after she had been married to another man? This is a case of that if that leads to an allowance, and yet the Torah writes it. The words “It is an abomination before YHWH” (Deuteronomy 24:4) stated w
A baraita states: The verse states with respect to Egyptian and Edomite converts that “the sons of the third generation that are born to them may enter to them, the congregation of YHWH” (Deuteronomy 23:9). If it is stated “sons” why is it also stated “generation,” and if it is stated “generation” w
And conversely, if it had stated only “generation” and not stated “sons,” I would say that the generations are counted from those standing on Mount Sinai, so that any Egyptian born after 3 generations have passed from the time of the giving of the Torah would be permitted. Therefore, it is stated “