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With regard to a woman who was raped by another man and a woman seduced by another man, the High Priest may not marry her.
And if he married her, Rabbi Eliezer ben Ya’akov says that the child born from this union is a ḥalal, and the Rabbis say the lineage of the offspring is unflawed.
The kohen gadol and other kohanim are restricted by biblical law however our daf struggles with virgins, non-virgins, girls under the age of three years and one day, grown women, those who have been seduced or raped by an Israelite and those who were raped or seduced by the priest.
In these cases the rabbis consider whether or not each girl/woman is fit for the priesthood; fit for intercourse with the priest. They compare some of the considerations faced only by the high priest versus those faced by all priests.
We explore the halachos of kohen who murders someone or who serves in the army and whether he forfeits his privilege to duchan.
This leads us (in anticipation of Yom Hazikaron) to the recent halachic issues of military service for Kohanim and yeshiva students.