Kiddushin

MISHNAH. THE DAUGHTER OF A MALE HALAL IS UNFIT FOR THE PRIESTHOOD FOR ALL TIME.1 IF AN ISRAELITE MARRIES A HALALAH, HIS DAUGHTER IS FIT FOR THE PRIESTHOOD. IF A HALAL MARRIES THE DAUGHTER OF AN ISRAELITE, HIS DAUGHTER IS UNFIT FOR THE PRIESTHOOD.2 R. JUDAH SAID: THE DAUGHTER OF A MALE PROSELYTE IS AS THE DAUGHTER OF A MALE HALAL. R. ELIEZER B. JACOB SAID: IF AN ISRAELITE MARRIES A FEMALE PROSELYTE, HIS DAUGHTER IS FIT FOR THE PRIESTHOOD, AND IF A [MALE] PROSELYTE MARRIES THE DAUGHTER OF AN ISRAELITE, HIS DAUGHTER IS FIT FOR THE PRIESTHOOD. BUT IF A MALE PROSELYTE MARRIES A FEMALE PROSELYTE, HIS DAUGHTER IS UNFIT FOR THE PRIESTHOOD. [THE SAME LAW APPLIES TO] A PROSELYTE AS TO FREED SLAVES, EVEN UNTO TEN GENERATIONS, [HIS DAUGHTER IS UNFIT] UNLESS HIS MOTHER IS OF ISRAELITE STOCK.3 R. JOSE SAID: ALSO IF A MALE PROSELYTE MARRIES A FEMALE PROSELYTE, HIS DAUGHTER IS FIT FOR THE PRIESTHOOD. GEMARA. Why [state], FOR ALL TIME? — I might think, It is analogous to an Egyptian and an Edomite: just as there, after three generations [the interdict is lifted], so here too after three generations [the daughter is fit for the priesthood]. Therefore we are informed [otherwise]. IF AN ISRAELITE MARRIES A HALAL. How do we know it? — Said R. Johanan on the authority of R. Ishmael:4 Here it is stated, and he shall not profane his seed among his people;5 and there it is stated, he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people:6 just as there, males but not females,7 so here too, males but not females.8 If so, let a High Priest's daughter [from a widow] be permitted [to marry a priest]? — Is it then written: ‘[and he shall not profane] his son’? ‘His seed’ is written, viz., he shall not profane his seed among his people.9 Then let the daughter of his son be permitted? — It is written, he shall not profane his seed: [hence] his seed is assimilated to himself: just as his own daughter is unfit, so is his son's daughter unfit — Then let his daughter's daughter [too] be interdicted?10 — If so, what is effected by the gezerah shawah? IF A HALAL MARRIES THE DAUGHTER OF AN ISRAELITE, HIS DAUGHTER IS UNFIT. But that is stated in the first clause: THE DAUGHTER OF A MALE HALAL IS UNFIT FOR THE PRIESTHOOD FOR ALL TIME? — Because the former clause teaches: IF AN ISRAELITE MARRIES A HALALAH, the latter clause also states: IF A HALAL MARRIES THE DAUGHTER OF AN ISRAELITE.11 Our Mishnah does not agree with R. Dosethai b. Judah. For it was taught: R. Dosethai b. Judah said: Just as the sons of Israel are a mikweh of purification for [female] halaloth, so are the daughters of Israel a mikweh of purification for [male] halalim.12 What is R. Dosethai b. R. Judah's reason? — Scripture saith, ‘he shall not profane his seed among his people’: he profanes [his seed] among one people, but not among two peoples.13 Our Rabbis taught ‘He shall not profane his seed:’ I know [it] only [of] his seed; how do I know it of herself?14 — Say, a minori: if his seed, that committed no sin, is profaned, she, who commits sin, how much the more so that she is profaned! Let him himself refute it: he commits sin, yet he is not profaned!15 As for himself, that is because he is not profaned in all other cases;16 will you say [the same] of her, seeing that she is profaned in all other cases?17 And should you desire to object, [then one can answer,] Scripture saith, ‘he shall not profane his seed,’ [which means,] This one shall not become profaned, who was [originally] fit and is [now] profaned.18 What is meant by, ‘and should you desire to object?’ — [This:] and should you say, one can refute [it thus]: as for his seed, that is because he is conceived19 in sin; [therefore] Scripture saith, ‘he shall not profane his seed:’ this one shall not become profaned, who was [originally] fit and is [now] profaned. Our Rabbis taught: What is a halalah? One who was born of unfit persons. What is meant by unfit persons? Shall we say, unfit for him?20 But what of him who takes back his divorced wife,21 though she is unfit for him, yet her children are fit, as it is written, she is an abomination:22 ‘she is an abomination but her children are no abomination! — Said Rab Judah This is its meaning: What is a halalah? — One who was born of a priestly disqualification.23 Only one who was born [of such a forbidden union], but not one who was not born [thus]? But what of a widow, a divorced woman or a zonah,24 who were not born [thus], and yet [each] is a halalah.25 — Said Rabbah, This is its meaning: Who is the halalah mentioned, that never enjoyed a period of eligibility? She who was born of a priestly disqualification. What is the meaning of ‘mentioned?’ — Said R. Isaac b. Abin: This is its meaning: Who is the halalah primarily [disqualified] by the words of the Torah, and who needs no Rabbinical definition?26 One who was born of a priestly disqualification. Our Rabbis taught [If a High Priest has intercourse with] a widow, a widow, a widow,27 he incurs only one penalty.28 [If a priest has intercourse with] a divorced woman, a divorced woman, a divorced woman, he incurs only one penalty. [If he has intercourse with] a widow, a divorced and profane woman, and a harlot [zonah],29 if they [these disqualifications] are in this order,30 he [the High Priest] is liable [for each intercourse]. But if she [first] committed harlotry,31 was then profaned,32 subsequently divorced, and finally widowed, he incurs only one penalty. The Master said: ‘[If a High Priest has intercourse with] a widow, a widow, a widow, he incurs only one penalty.’ How is this widow meant? Shall we say that he has intercourse with Reuben's widow, with Simeon's widow, and with Levi's widow, why does he incur only one penalty? cannot marry a priest. former are unfit for the priesthood, but not of the latter. his own daughters. is of a different people, i.e., not a halalah, his seed is not halal either. But, his seed is born profaned; hence, though the seed is mentioned in the verse too, the verb nevertheless relates to his wife. to all), the issue is halal. profaned (halalah). (Lev. XXI, 7), it presupposes a recognised definition of halalah, even before the Rabbis extended its scope by their exegesis. she committed incest, thus becoming a zonah.