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ואפילו רבנן לא פליגי עליה דרבי אלעזר ברבי שמעון אלא במנחת חוטא של כהנים, דבת הקרבה היא. אבל בהא, אפילו רבנן מודו.
And even the Rabbis do not disagree with R' Elazar, son of R' Shimon, except with regard to the meal-offering of a sinner who is a priest, as they hold that it is fit to be sacrificed in its entirety without removing a handful. However, in this case, i.e., in the case of the meal-offering of a sota who is married to a priest, even the Rabbis agree that its remainder is scattered on the place of the ashes, since the handful is removed from the offering.
בת ישראל הנשואה וכו׳. מאי טעמא — דאמר קרא: ״וכל מנחת כהן כליל תהיה לא תאכל״. כהן ולא כהנת.
§ The Mishnah states: In the case of an Israelite woman who is married to a priest, her meal-offering is burned; and in the case of the daughter of a priest who is married to an Israelite, her meal-offering is eaten. The Talmud asks: What is the reason for this? This is as the verse states: “And every meal-offering of a priest should be completely burned; it should not be eaten” (Leviticus 6:16). One can infer that this applies to a priest, but not to the daughter of a priest.
כהנת מתחללת, כהן אין מתחלל. מנלן — דאמר קרא: ״ולא יחלל זרעו בעמיו״. זרעו מתחלל, והוא אינו מתחלל.
The Mishnah states: The daughter of a priest can become disqualified from marrying a priest and from partaking of teruma by having sex with someone forbidden to her, but a priest does not become desacralized by having sex with a woman forbidden to him. The Talmud asks: From where do we derive this? It is as the verse states with regard to a priest who marries a woman forbidden to him: “And he should not disqualify his offspring among his people” (Leviticus 21:15), indicating that his offspring from forbidden sex are desacralized, but he is not personally desacralized through his actions.