Kiddushin 10B

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לטמא משכב תחתון כעליון,

And he renders impure the object upon which he lies like the upper one. One who has sex with a menstruating woman renders the objects upon which he lies ritually impure even if he has no direct contact with them.

ואם נישאת לכהן ⁠– אוכלת בתרומה, ואם בא עליה אחד מכל עריות שבתורה ⁠– מומתין על ידה, והיא פטורה. ואם בא עליה אחד מן הפסולין ⁠– פסלה מן הכהונה.

And if she marries a priest she may partake of teruma from that point onward. And if one of those with whom sex are forbidden by the Torah (see Leviticus, chapter 18) has sex with her, he is put to death due to his sin with her, and she is exempt from punishment as a minor. And if someone of unfit lineage, i.e., a man who would disqualify her from marrying a priest if he had sex with her, has sex with her, he has disqualified her from marrying into the priesthood. This concludes the baraita.

קתני ״ביאה״, וקתני ״נישאת״! הכי קאמר: אי הני נשואין דכהן נינהו ⁠– אוכלת בתרומה.

The Talmud analyzes this source. It is taught in that baraita: She can be betrothed through sex, and it is taught separately: And if she marries a priest. This indicates that sex does not effect marriage. The Talmud rejects this: This is what the baraita said: If this betrothal through sex is a marriage to a priest, she may partake of teruma. It is possible that there are not two separate stages here but a single action, as sex effects marriage.

תא שמע: וכבר שלח יוחנן בן בג בג אצל רבי יהודה בן בתירה לנציבין: שמעתי עליך שאתה אומר ארוסה בת ישראל אוכלת בתרומה. שלח לו: ואתה אי אתה אומר כן? מוחזקני בך שאתה בקי בחדרי תורה, לדרוש בקל וחומר אי אתה יודע?!

Come and hear a proof from a baraita: And Yoḥanan ben Bag Bag already sent a message to R' Yehuda ben Beteira in the city of Netzivin: I heard about you that you say that the daughter of a non-priest betrothed to a priest may partake of teruma. R' Yehuda ben Beteira sent back this reply to him: And do you not say so? I know about you that you are an expert in many areas of Torah; do you not know how to teach halakhot based on an a fortiori inference?

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