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they penalized him through the marriage contract. In other words, the rabbis did not exempt him from payment of the marriage contract in that case. Since he is disqualified from the priesthood until he divorces her, the marriage will not last, and they did not force her to forfeit her marriage cont
R' Yehuda HaNasi says a different reason: These cases, a widow married to a High Priest and a divorcée married to a common priest, are prohibited by Torah law, and Torah law does not require strengthening by means of additional enactments. But those secondary relatives are forbidden by rabbinic law,
The Talmud asks: Who teaches the alternative explanation; whose opinion does it follow? Some say that R' Shimon ben Elazar teaches it and is saying: What is the reason? In other words, the latter part of the baraita provides the rationale for the previous statement: What is the reason that they sai
Conversely, some say that R' Yehuda HaNasi is the one who teaches it, and the case of a ḥalutza poses a difficulty to his opinion, as it seems to contradict his principle that rabbinic law requires strengthening: A ḥalutza is forbidden to a priest by rabbinic law, and yet she does have a marriage co
The Talmud asks: Practically speaking, what difference is there between the explanations of R' Yehuda HaNasi and R' Shimon ben Elazar? Rav Ḥisda said: The practical difference between them concerns the cases of a mamzeret or a Gibeonite woman married to a Jew of unflawed lineage.