Un Cohein normal no puede casarse con un eilonith (una mujer que no puede soportar) a menos que tenga esposa e hijos. [Lo mismo es cierto de un israelita. "Cohein" se declara solo por la protesta de R. Yehudah, quien dice que un Cohein, aunque tiene una esposa e hijos, no puede casarse con un eilonith, a diferencia de un israelita. La halajá no está de acuerdo con R. Yehudah.] R. Yehudah dice: Aunque tiene una esposa e hijos, no puede casarse con un eilonith, porque ella es la "zonah" a la que se refiere la Torá (Levítico 21: 7 ) Y los sabios dicen que "zonah" es un prosélito, una sirvienta liberada, y una mujer con la que se había vivido sin motivo, [como los interceptados por mandamiento negativo o mandamiento positivo, y, ni que decir tiene, los que son susceptibles de kareth o pena de muerte judicial. Pero si uno vive con una mujer soltera, no la convierte en zonah.]
English Explanation of Mishnah Sotah
An aylonit [who is incapable of giving birth], an old woman, and one who is unfit to bear children do not drink and do not receive the ketubah. Rabbi Eliezer says: he may marry another wife and be fruitful and multiply with her. The women listed in this section can all, by definition, not have children. An aylonit is a girl who never develops physical signs of maturity. By definition she cannot conceive. The old woman referred to here is one past child-bearing age. The woman who is unfit to bear children refers to one who drank a sterilizing potion. According to the first opinion in the mishnah, it is forbidden for a man to marry these types of women because they cannot bear children, and he is commanded to have children. Since this is a forbidden marriage, she does not drink the water. We should note that in Yevamoth 6:5 we learned that this prohibition only refers to someone who does not yet have children. A man who has children may marry a woman who cannot have children, since he has already performed his commandment. Rabbi Eliezer points out that this marriage too, while originally prohibited, may be maintained if he marries another woman with whom he can have children. Therefore, if she becomes a sotah she can drink the water.