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In our daf in a baraita it is taught that Rabbi Yehuda said: Minyamin, an Egyptian convert, was a friend of mine from among the students of Rabbi Akiva, and he said: After I converted I was a first-generation Egyptian convert, and so I married another first-generation Egyptian convert.
I will marry off my son, who is a second-generation Egyptian convert, to another second-generation Egyptian convert, so that my grandson will be fit to enter into the congregation. (Deut 23:8-9)
This indicates that first- and second-generation converts of Egyptian extraction were prohibited from entering into the congregation even during the period of the Mishna.
Rav Pappa said: Shall we stand up and raise an objection from Solomon?
Solomon did not marry anyone, as it is written in his regard:
“Of the nations concerning which the Lord said to the children of Israel, You shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods; Solomon cleaved to these in love” (I Kings 11:2)
Solomon cleaved to these women in love, but was not legally married to them. As Solomon had other forbidden wives, the case of Pharaoh’s daughter presents no special difficulty. In fact, none of these marriages were valid at all.
Yet from the verse (I kings 3:1) “and Solomon married” that appears in connection with Pharaoh’s daughter is difficult, as it indicates that this marriage was in fact valid.
So we struggle with this marriage and how we can reconcile it with the halachah.