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ואנהרינהו לעיינין ממתניתין: אשת ישראל שנאנסה, אף על פי שמותרת לבעלה — פסולה לכהונה. ותנא תונא: וכן הבא על אחת מכל העריות האמורות בתורה, או פסולות.
and he illuminated our eyes from the Mishnah, i.e., he demonstrated that the Mishnah serves as the basis for his opinion: With regard to the wife of an Israelite who was raped, although she is permitted to her husband, she is disqualified for the priesthood. Therefore, if her husband dies, she may not marry a priest. And the tanna of our Mishnah also taught: And so too, in the case of one who had sex with any one of those with whom sex are forbidden [arayot] by the Torah or with those who are unfit to marry him even though they are not in the category of arayot, the woman is disqualified from marrying a priest.
מאי ״וכן״? מאי לאו: לא שנא בשוגג, ולא שנא במזיד, ולא שנא באונס, ולא שנא ברצון, וקתני: פסלה.
What is the meaning of the phrase: And so too? What, is it not that it is no different whether they have sex unwittingly or intentionally, and it is no different whether they have sex due to coercion or willingly? And it is taught that he has rendered her disqualified from marrying a priest.
The Talmud refutes this proof: No, what is the meaning of the phrase: And so too? It is referring to the initial stage of sex, as this too invalidates her. The Talmud asks: The initial stage of sex of whom? If we say it is referring to those with whom sex are prohibited and carry a punishment of karet or death [arayot], is this to say that the halakha with regard to those with whom sex are prohibited is derived from the halakha with regard to a yevama, as implied by the phrase: And so too? On the contrary, we derive the halakha of a yevama from the halakha with regard to those with whom sex are prohibited, as the main source that indicates that the initial stage of sex is considered sex is stated in the context of those with whom sex are prohibited and not in the context of a yevama.