Un Cohein normale non può sposare un eilonith (una donna che non può sopportare) a meno che non abbia moglie e figli. [Lo stesso vale per un israelita. "Cohein" è dichiarato solo a causa del demurral di R. Yehudah, che afferma che un Cohein, sebbene abbia moglie e figli, non può sposare un eilonith, al contrario di un israelita. L'halachah non è conforme a R. Yehudah.] R. Yehudah dice: Anche se ha moglie e figli, potrebbe non sposare un eilonith, poiché lei è la "zonah" a cui fa riferimento la Torah (Levitico 21: 7 ). E i saggi affermano che "zonah" è un proselito, una serva liberata e una donna vissuta con sconsideratezza, [come quelli interdetti da comandamenti negativi o comandamenti positivi, e, ovviamente, quelli che sono tenuti a kareth o pena di morte giudiziaria. Ma se uno vive con una donna non sposata, non la rende una zonah.]
Mishnah Yevamot
A woman whose husband had gone to a country beyond the sea and they came and told her, “Your husband died”, married, and then her husband returned: She must leave this one and that one, and she also requires a get from this one and that one. She has no ketubah, no usufruct, no support money or worn clothes, neither from this one nor from that one. If she has taken anything from this one or that one, she must return it. The child from this one or that one is a mamzer. Neither this one nor that one may impurify himself for her. Neither this one and that one has a claim to whatever she may find, nor what she makes with her hands, nor to invalidate her vows. If she was the daughter of an Israelite, she becomes disqualified from marrying a priest; if the daughter of a Levite, from the eating of tithe; and if the daughter of a priest, from the eating of terumah. Neither the heirs of this one nor the heirs of that one are entitled to inherit her ketubah. And if [the husbands] die, the brother of the one and the brother of the other must perform halitzah, but may not contract yibbum. Rabbi Yose said: her ketubah remains a charge upon the estate of her first husband. Rabbi Elazar said: the first husband is entitled to whatever she may find, and what she makes with her hands, and also has the right to invalidate her vows. Rabbi Shimon said: intercourse or halitzah with the brother of the first husband exempts her rival, and the child from him is not a bastard. If she married without an authorization, she may return to him.