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Kesuvos 14

KESUVOS 11-14 - have been anonymously dedicated by a unique Ohev Torah and Marbitz Torah living in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel.

1) [line 1] IYN, MINAI - yes, [she is pregnant] from me
2) [line 6] V'AT LO SA'AVID HACHI - and you should not actually rule like this
3) [line 13] ALMANAS ISAH - the widow of a person who is of questionable lineage. The Gemara discusses the exact case to which this refers

4) [line 26] ALIM LEI BARI - a claim that is said with certainty is considered very strong

5) [last line] AVDEI MELACHIM - very rich and powerful slaves of kings (such as Shlomo ha'Melech -- Yevamos 16b), who married Jewish women (according to the opinion that the offspring of a slave and a Jewish woman is a Mamzer)

14b---------------------------------------14b

6) [line 4] SHE'NITMA BAH - that was mixed in to her [family tree]

7) [line 4] CHALAL
(a) The Torah commands a Kohen Gadol not to marry a widow, divorcee, prostitute ("Zonah" -- see Background to Yevamos 59:8) or Chalalah (Vayikra 21:14). A regular Kohen is permitted to marry a widow, but not any of the other women listed above. The child from one of the above-mentioned unions is invalidated from the Kehunah, and is called a "Chalal." The Rabanan also prohibited all Kohanim from marrying a Chalutzah, and made the children of a Kohen from a Chalutzah Chalalim mid'Rabanan.
(b) A Chalal may not serve in the Beis ha'Mikdash, and according to some sources he is Chayav Misah b'Yedei Shamayim if he does (MINCHAS CHINUCH 275:5). A Chalal does not eat Terumah or the Kodshim reserved for Kohanim (Terumos 8:1), and is not restricted with regard to the women that he is allowed to marry. Chalalim are not prohibited from coming into contact with corpses. Chalalim are not considered Kohanim with regard to the other privileges and restrictions pertaining to Kohanim, as well.
(c) A widow, divorcee or prostitute that has relations with a Kohen Gadol, and a divorcee or prostitute who has relations with a regular Kohen, becomes a "Chalalah." Female children born through such a union are also Chalalos. Also, any Jewish woman who has relations with a Chalal becomes a Chalalah (even though she is permitted to have relations with him).
(d) A Chalalah is prohibited to marry a Kohen. If she does marry (and have relations with) a Kohen, the Chalalah and the Kohen are punished with Malkos. A Chalalah may not eat Terumah. Although a Jewish woman who has living children from a Kohen normally eats Terumah, if she becomes a Chalalah she may no longer eat Terumah. Similarly, although the daughter of a Kohen normally eats Terumah until she becomes married to a non-Kohen, if she becomes a Chalalah she may no longer eat Terumah (Yevamos 69a). (e) There is a Mitzvas Aseh for a Kohen Gadol to marry a Besulah (Vayikra 21:13). If he transgresses this Aseh and marries a Be'ulah (who is not an Almanah), the Tana'im argue as to whether the woman becomes a Chalalah and whether the child is a Chalal.

8) [line 17] TZOVE'ACH - shouts, protests
9) [line 36] MIN HA'AYIN - from the spring

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