R. Eliezer b. Yaakov dice: Si un israelita se casó con una prostituta, su hija es kasher al sacerdocio, y si una prosélita se casa con la hija de un israelita, su hija es kasher al sacerdocio. Pero si un prosélito se casó con una prostituta, su hija no es apta para el sacerdocio, tanto prosélito como esclavos liberados, incluso hasta diez generaciones.—hasta que su madre sea israelita. R. Yossi dice: Incluso la hija de un prosélito que se casó con una prostituta es kasher al sacerdocio. [La gemara concluye que si uno llega a ser aconsejado, se le enseña según R. Eliezer b. Yaakov, que un Cohein no debe casarse con la hija de un prosélito y una prostituta; pero si se casó con ella, la halajá está de acuerdo con R. Yossi, y ella no se la quita, y sus hijos de ella son kasher.]
Bartenura on Mishnah Kiddushin
ור"א בן יעקב אומר וכו' – We bring to a conclusion in the Gemara (Kiddushin 78b) that he (i.e., a Kohen) who comes to take counsel, we give him a ruling in accordance with Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov, that a Kohen should not marry the daughter of a male and female convert, but if he marry [the daughter of converts], the Halakha is according to Rabbi Yosi, and we do not compel him to divorce her (literally: “we do not withdraw her from his hand), and his seed from her is fit [for the priesthood].
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kiddushin
Introduction
This mishnah continues to discuss which descendents of converts may marry priests.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kiddushin
Rabbi Eliezer ben Jacob says: if an Israelite marries a female convert, his daughter is fit for the priesthood, and if a male convert marries the daughter of an Israelite, his daughter is fit for the priesthood. But if a male convert marries a female convert, his daughter is unfit for the priesthood. [The same law applies to] a convert as to freed slaves, even for ten generations, [his daughter is unfit] unless his mother is of Israelite stock. At the end of yesterday’s mishnah we learned that according to Rabbi Judah, the daughter of a male convert is unfit to marry a priest, even if the mother is an Israelite. Rabbi Eliezer ben Jacob goes one step further. As long as one of the parents is of Israelite lineage, the daughter may marry a priest. Only if both parents are converts is the female child forbidden from marrying a priest. The laws regarding the lineage of freed slaves are the same as those regarding converts. The daughter is unfit unless the mother, and also the father are of Israelite stock. [Note that the mishnah says his mother, but since we are referring to which daughters may marry priests, other versions read “their mother.” Also, although the mishnah only says “mother” it must also mean father, since even Rabbi Judah says that if the father is an Israelite, his daughter is fit to marry a priest.]
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English Explanation of Mishnah Kiddushin
Rabbi Yose says: even if a male convert marries a female convert, his daughter is fit for the priesthood. Rabbi Yose’s opinion is that the only type of convert prohibited from marrying a priest is the convert herself. Children of converts, even if both parents are converts, are allowed to marry priests.
