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Negative commandment · Lo Ta’aseh #159 of 613

For a priest not to marry a chalalah

שלא ייקח כוהן חללה

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The verse · Vayikra 21:7

אִשָּׁה זֹנָה וַחֲלָלָה לֹא יִקָּחוּ וְאִשָּׁה גְּרוּשָׁה מֵאִישָׁהּ לֹא יִקָּחוּ כִּי־קָדֹשׁ הוּא לֵאלֹהָיו

“They shall not take a wife that is a harlot, or profaned; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy to his God.”

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The Rambam’s words

For a priest not to marry a chalalah, as [Leviticus 21:7] states: "They shall not marry... a chalalah."

שלא ייקח כוהן חללה, שנאמר "וחללה לא ייקחו" (ויקרא כא,ז).

Who & when

“And [it] is practiced in every place and at all times.”

Where in the Mishneh Torah

Hilchot Forbidden Intercourse הלכות איסורי ביאה

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